That observation was the first hint that, not only is the Earth not the centre of things, but those things are vastly, almost incomprehensibly, bigger than people up until that date had dreamed.

• 在人类历史中，是伽利略的观察首次提示人们，不仅地球不是万物的中心，而且世上有的事物是如此的宏伟巨大，大到当时人们连做梦都想不到的尺度。