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Starry Messenger
Galileo’s “Starry Messenger” Facsimile Published
September 13, 2013
In 1609, when Galileo Galilei fashioned a telescope and looked to the heavens, he was the first to see that the surface of our moon is filled with craters, mountains and other imperfections.
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