Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564, and has become famously known as the “Father of Modern Science.” As being the first of six children, he was an Italian astronomer, scientist, philosopher, professor, physicist, and a mathematician. Although many highly believe that Galileo was in the inventor of the telescope, he, in fact, was not. In 1608, Hans Lippershey created the telescope, but Galileo was the first person to aim it at the beautiful blue above. Sometime near December 1609, Galileo curiously aimed the telescope towards the moon. His discoveries consisted of massive moons rotating around Jupiter as well as disfigured patches on the surface of our biggest star. This led him to discover the phases of Venus, which had proved his