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... Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake as a heretic in 1600 for speculating, among other ideas, that other worlds could be inhabited. The Roman Catholic Church’s relationship with science has come a ... to support the geocentric philosophy; however, Rome wasn’t ready for such a change of view (heliocentric). It’s not unlike us today. Our BS (belief systems) is predicated on what we ...

... approaches can become closer than 56 million km at these times, if the perihelion at its heliocentric eclipitcal length of 336 deg is hit well. Very close encounters of ... heard was static, although I suppose it is unlikely they'd have made any announcements if they had got through (even if the War of the Worlds radio play panic was still 14 years away). Source Hat tip Update ...