In 1508, Nicolaus Copernicus developed a celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system that transformed the way we view the universe. This bold theory, contrary to the geocentric ...

Copernicus, going against the current belief that the Earth was stationary and at the center of the universe, hypothesized a Sun-centered (heliocentric) universe with a moveable Earth. Further ...

Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Toruń, Poland which was then part of Royal Prussia, and is best known for developing the Heliocentric theory of planetary motion. This claimed the Sun was the ...