Astronomy Quote by Galileo Galilei

Hence I feel no shame in asserting that this whole region engirdled by the moon, and the center of the earth, traverse this grand…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the system of procession of events…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.

— Nicolaus Copernicus

Near the sun is the center of the universe.

— Nicolaus Copernicus

Among the authorities it is generally agreed that the Earth is at rest in the middle of the universe, and they regard it as…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

“obviously it matters little if we think of the earth as turning about on its axis, or if we view it at rest while…

— Ernst Mach

The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor immovable, but moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and…

— Galileo Galilei

“The sun bends space around itself, and Earth does not turn around it because of a mysterious force but because it is racing directly…

— Carlo Rovelli

Take note, theologians, that in your desire to make matters of faith out of propositions relating to the fixity of sun and earth you…

— Galileo Galilei

The notion that anyone in the 21st century could take seriously the notion that the sun orbits the Earth, or that the Earth is…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth.

— Nicolaus Copernicus

The earth is, of course, not the geometric center of the universe. But it is certainly the center of our lives.

— David Roochnik