alleryStart learning →Who first resolved the hazy band of the Milky Way into individual stars with a telescope, in 1610?
AIsaac Newton
BEdwin Hubble
CGalileo Galilei
DJohannes Kepler
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Galileo Galilei
Galileo turned his telescope on the band in 1610 and saw that it was made of many stars.
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