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    Why was it an important discovery of Galileo's that Venus has phases?

    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'."...
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    paper on Galileo and separation of science and religion?

    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.
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    Galileo Galilei observations of Saturn's rings?

    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...
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