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Telescopes are optical tools used by astronomers to visualize distant objects. There are many types of telescopes including optical, radio, X-ray, and Gamma-ray telescopes. The first known telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century.
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OCT 21, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Gazing up at the night sky as a child, I loved to point out the satellites blinking in the night sky. Often, I could see ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 18, 2021Space & Astronomy
An unusual signal has been detected coming from center of the Milky Way - or that direction.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2021Chemistry & Physics
In 2020, scientists observed something incredible: they had measured a gamma-ray burst from a distant galaxy called GNz1 ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 05, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists were mystified by images obtained from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope, which s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2021Space & Astronomy
Gamma rays have been observed in parts of the sky that seem to be 'empty,' so researchers have long-wondered about their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2021Space & Astronomy
Recently, NASA confirmed that the gamut of earth-based testing for the James Webb Space Telescope has been completed. Ju ...Written By: Matthew LundySEP 10, 2021Space & Astronomy
The fate of giant telescopes hangs in the balance as this decade comes to an end.Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 06, 2021Chemistry & Physics
With a long set of rigorous tests behind it, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA’s next major space telesc ...Written By: Matthew LundyAUG 26, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Sitting at 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy is the closest galaxy to our own Milky Way. Since it&rsquo ...Written By: Hannah DanielAUG 16, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers at the University of Pennsylvania have found an object that's on a trajectory that will take it past Saturni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have solved Jupiter's 'Energy Crisis', a long-standing issue that has puzzled scientists for dec ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 10, 2021Space & Astronomy
An international collaboration of researchers has identified a rocky exoplanet half the size of Venus, making it the low ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 05, 2021Space & Astronomy
In an astrophysics first, a team of researchers have directly observed light coming from the backside o ...Written By: Matthew LundyJUL 29, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists have spotted evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. The corresponding stu ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 22, 2021Space & Astronomy
The Earth's atmosphere often muffles views from ground-based telescopes when observing space. Now, a research c ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 19, 2021Space & Astronomy
After a month-long hiatus from its routine scientific operations, 31-year-old Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is back in wo ...Written By: Matthew LundyJUL 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope has captured evidence of mysterious free-floating planets, or planets that are alone in deep ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 04, 2021Space & Astronomy
It's been estimated that the universe began about 13.8 billion years ago in a violent explosion known as the Big Bang. R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2021Space & Astronomy
Even though we still cannot detect dark matter, many researchers are confident that exists. It seems to act as a kind of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
A team of scientists led by the Centre for Astrobiology have discovered that the bulges we see in disc galaxies formed i ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 30, 2021Space & Astronomy
A detailed cross-section of another galaxy, known as YGC 10738, has cast previous ideas of how the Milky Way was formed ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 29, 2021Space & Astronomy
There's a massive black hole at the center of our galaxy, but it's difficult for astronomers to see exactly what's happe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2021Chemistry & Physics
New observations from radio telescopes and supercomputer simulations show plasma jets interacting with magnetic fields i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 23, 2021Space & Astronomy
Current theories suggest that stars undergo changes on timescales of millions or billions of years, and that their end i ...Written By: Annie Lennon
OCT 21, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Gazing up at the night sky as a child, I loved to point out the satellites blinking in the night sky. Often, I could see
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 18, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An unusual signal has been detected coming from center of the Milky Way - or that direction.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
In 2020, scientists observed something incredible: they had measured a gamma-ray burst from a distant galaxy called GNz1
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 05, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists were mystified by images obtained from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope, which s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Gamma rays have been observed in parts of the sky that seem to be 'empty,' so researchers have long-wondered about their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Recently, NASA confirmed that the gamut of earth-based testing for the James Webb Space Telescope has been completed. Ju
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
SEP 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The fate of giant telescopes hangs in the balance as this decade comes to an end.
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 06, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
With a long set of rigorous tests behind it, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA’s next major space telesc
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
AUG 26, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Sitting at 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy is the closest galaxy to our own Milky Way. Since it&rsquo
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
AUG 16, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers at the University of Pennsylvania have found an object that's on a trajectory that will take it past Saturni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have solved Jupiter's 'Energy Crisis', a long-standing issue that has puzzled scientists for dec
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An international collaboration of researchers has identified a rocky exoplanet half the size of Venus, making it the low
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 05, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In an astrophysics first, a team of researchers have directly observed light coming from the backside o
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JUL 29, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have spotted evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. The corresponding stu
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 22, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The Earth's atmosphere often muffles views from ground-based telescopes when observing space. Now, a research c
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 19, 2021
Space & Astronomy
After a month-long hiatus from its routine scientific operations, 31-year-old Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is back in wo
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JUL 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope has captured evidence of mysterious free-floating planets, or planets that are alone in deep
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 04, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It's been estimated that the universe began about 13.8 billion years ago in a violent explosion known as the Big Bang. R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Even though we still cannot detect dark matter, many researchers are confident that exists. It seems to act as a kind of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
A team of scientists led by the Centre for Astrobiology have discovered that the bulges we see in disc galaxies formed i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 30, 2021
Space & Astronomy
A detailed cross-section of another galaxy, known as YGC 10738, has cast previous ideas of how the Milky Way was formed
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 29, 2021
Space & Astronomy
There's a massive black hole at the center of our galaxy, but it's difficult for astronomers to see exactly what's happe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
New observations from radio telescopes and supercomputer simulations show plasma jets interacting with magnetic fields i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 23, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Current theories suggest that stars undergo changes on timescales of millions or billions of years, and that their end i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon