Centuries later, the philosopher Rene Descartes proposed that the universe was a series of whirlpools, which he called vortices, and that each star was at the center of a whirlpool.
Secole mai târziu, filozoful Rene Descartes a propus că universul era o serie de vâltori, denumite de el vârtejuri, şi fiecare stea era centrul unui vârtej.