Three hundred and fifty years before the first men looked down on the amazingly beautiful surface of the moon from close quarters, Galileo's newly built telescope (1) _ enabled _ him to look at the edge of the hitherto mysterious sphere. He saw that the apparently (2) _lifeless_ surface was not divinely smooth and round, but bumpy and imperfect. He realized that although the moon might appear (3) inactive _, resembling a still life painted by the hand of a cosmic (4) artist__, it was a real world, perhaps not very different from our own. This amounted to a great (5) _ achievement _ hardly to be EXPECTED prices to complement his day and age, although nowadays his (6) conclusion may Appear to some to be trivial and (7) _ insignificant _.
Not long After Galileo lunar's observations, the skies which had previously been so (8) elusive__ revealed more of their extraordinary mysteries. Casting around for further wonders, Galileo focused his lens on the (9) _striking_ planet of Jupiter. Nestling next to it, he saw four little points of light circling the distant planet. Our moon it appeared, perhaps (10) _ unfortunately _ in the eyes of those fearful of what the discovery might mean, was not alone!
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