What are the merits of J. Bruno in the development of views about the Universe?

For starters, Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is an Italian scientist, philosopher, and renaissance thinker who put forward a number of revolutionary, cosmological theories. What did he claim? Bruno’s ideas about the Universe were very progressive for his time: he believed that the Universe is infinite, it does not and cannot have a single center. And also that the Sun is the center of the solar system and it itself is a star, of which there are a huge number. And also suggested by Giordano Bruno, on these planets, life may also exist.