In the 16th century, the Polish scientist Copernicus proposed the theory that the sun was at the center of the solar system. This laid the foundations of the modern science of astronomy, and from then on Western astronomy made rapid progress.
十六世紀，波蘭的科學家哥白尼提出了太陽系以太陽為中心的學說，建立了近代天文學，從此西方天文學大步超前。