Can anyone help me understand this quote and explain why this was an important discovery?...
"...Venus goes through a sequence of phases like the moon, except that it's crescent is part of a much larger circle than when it's nearly 'full'."...
I have to write a paper using Galileo's arguments to discuss recent issues with separation of science and religion.
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or something that could help. Anything is appreciated.
I am having trouble figuring out what this means from Britannica encyclopedia: "...Two years later, he found to his surprise that the "companions" had vanished, so that Saturn appeared as a single object. The ring system was then edge-on to the Earth, so that it could not be seen at all in...