Multiple choice

Who was the first astronomer to state that the solar system is just a part of the vast universe?

  1. Galileo

  2. William Herschel

  3. Isaac Newton

  4. Copernicus

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B Correct answer
Explanation

William Herschel was the first to propose that the solar system is just a small part of a much larger structure, which we now know as the Milky Way galaxy.