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400 years since Galileo

March 19, 2009 on 10:46 pm | In Astronomy | No Comments

Its been 400 years since Galileo first peered through a telescope in 1609 but astronomy and the universe remains as mysterious as ever. And it’s been 400 years since Galileo brought about basic astronomy. In this, the International Year of Astronomy, the centuries-old discovery will be celebrated.

Science provides resources to schools to help encourage a less intimidating, more interesting approach to learning science for elementary and secondary school students. However, there’s a lot more to talk about these days, especially considering the discovery of “dark energy” in 1998, when it was determined there was 75 per cent of the universe we didn’t even know existed.