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    Galileo’s Starry Night

    Jan 01, 2019 3 minutes
    by Kelly Terwilliger
    Art by Gavin Rowe

    O N A WARM June evening in 1609, Galileo Galilei, a 45-year-old Italian mathematics teacher and father of three, listened as a friend described the latest invention to hit Europe: a long tube containing two glass lenses, called a spyglass.

    “It makes faraway things appear close! We could use one of those here  in Italy,” the friend said. “Perhaps you could try to build one, if you’re interested.”

    Was he

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