Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which scientist was arrested for arguing that the Sun—not the Earth—was the center of the solar system?"
...In 1633, Galileo Galilei was tried by the Roman Catholic Church for publicly supporting the heliocentric model, which held that the Earth revolves around the Sun. This view directly contradicted the Church’s official endorsement of a geocentric universe at the time. Galileo was found “vehemently suspect of heresy,” forced to formaally recant his views, and spent the remainder of his life under house arrest. Despite his punishment, Galileo’s work laid critical groundwork for modern astronomy and helped usher in the Scientific Revolution.
