Copernicus's model is called sun-centered or heliocentric. In it, he challenges centuries-old science based on the teachings of Aristotle and Ptolemy, who thought the Earth was at rest at the center ...

Heliocentrism, as the word itself suggests, places the Sun as the center of the universe, as opposed to the Church’s preferred geocentric model with the Earth as the center. (It’s not quite ...

He developed the heliocentric theory, which brought about a revolution in the world of science. From that moment, the way people think about the universe changed drastically. But did you know ...

DALLAS'Before the 17th Century, most people believed in a geocentric universe, with the Earth ... that our understanding shifted to a heliocentric model with the sun at the centre of things ...