Field of view pennies from the heavens

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On 29 July 2021, more than four centuries after the invention of the telescope, the man who initiated a revolution in astronomy was finally honoured with a life-sized bronze statue. In the herb garden

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“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...