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On this day: Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake as a heretic by the Roman Inquisition.

On this day: Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake as a heretic by the Roman Inquisition. | Science News | Scoop.it

On this day: Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, best-known as a proponent of heliocentrism and the infinity of the universe, was burned at the stake as a heretic by the Roman Inquisition.

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From the X Files: "Giordano Bruno's Legacy" --Vatican New Views on Extraterrestrial Civilizations

From the X Files: "Giordano Bruno's Legacy" --Vatican New Views on Extraterrestrial Civilizations | Science News | Scoop.it
The chief astronomer of the church that burned Giordano Bruno at the stake in 1600 says there is no conflict between believing in God and in the possibility of extraterrestrial civilizations perhaps more evolved than humans.
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