This document discusses views about the Earth and universe throughout history. It addresses debates around whether Earth is the center of the universe and whether ancient people knew the Earth was round, not flat. The document also summarizes early models of the solar system including geocentric models with Earth at the center proposed by Aristotle and Ptolemy, and the heliocentric model proposed by Copernicus with the sun at the center. Key figures who contributed to the shifting model of the solar system from geocentric to heliocentric are also mentioned, including Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, and Johannes Kepler.