Suppose you were writing a summary of the article. Which would be most important to put in the summary?

New tools have helped people better understand our solar system.
Copernicus used a quadrant to map how the planets moved.
Galileo Galilei was an Italian scientist who lived a long time ago.
The telescope was not invented until around 400 years ago.

The most important point to include in the summary would be that new tools have helped people better understand our solar system.