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Create your own timeline of Astronomy. List at least 15 important events in the science of Astronomy. Include a description of the event, the year, and the culture that made the contribution.

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The timeline features key events in the history of Astronomy, from ancient Babylonian observations to modern space exploration.


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Astronomy Timeline:

  1. 4000 BCE: Ancient Babylonians develop the first recorded astronomical observations.
  2. 350 BCE: Greek philosopher Aristotle proposes a geocentric model of the universe.
  3. 1543: Nicolaus Copernicus presents a heliocentric model of the solar system.
  4. 1609: Galileo Galilei uses a telescope to observe celestial bodies.
  5. 1687: Isaac Newton formulates the laws of universal gravitation.
  6. 1838: Friedrich Bessel measures the first stellar parallax.
  7. 1929: Edwin Hubble discovers the expansion of the universe.
  8. 1961: Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space.
  9. 1990: Hubble Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
  10. 2015: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft visits Pluto.
  11. 2020: Discovery of phosphine in Venus' atmosphere, hinting at possible life.

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