Shortly after Copernicus, in the 1580s, an Italian friar, Giordano Bruno, suggested the stars were suns that likely had their own planets and that the universe was infinite.
Pouco depois de Copérnico,  na década de 1580, um frade italiano, Giordano Bruno, sugeriu que as estrelas eram sóis que, provavelmente, tinham os seus próprios planetas e que o universo era infinito.