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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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APR 26, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have created a new map that includes the outermost regions of our Milky Way galaxy. Image by: NASA/JPL/Calte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
The first images ever taken of a black hole were released in April 2019. The images were captured with the Event Horizon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Spain have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting the star, GJ-740, a red dwarf star located 36 light ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 21, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A new pulsar has been discovered with images from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope, a low-frequency radio t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 13, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Does the presence of oxygen mean the existence of life? That’s a question that scientists have been debating over ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 24, 2021Space & Astronomy
It's thought that most carbon found in space is contained in big molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have hypothesized that a certain mechanism may mean there are many more water-rich planets with atmospheres ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 16, 2021Space & Astronomy
Many years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was able to catch a glimpse of amazing auroras that occur on Jupiter. Now res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2021Chemistry & Physics
New observations from the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and Very Long Baseline ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
This image by RenderArea is an artistic impression of the surface of a newly discovered, scorching hot, rocky, super-Ear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2021Space & Astronomy
Having just one star in our solar system makes us an outlier in our galaxy. However, while most solar systems in the Mil ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 17, 2021Space & Astronomy
In his theory of general relativity, Einstein predicted that black holes harbor an enormous amount of energy. And now, r ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 13, 2021Space & Astronomy
We know that geysers like Old Faithful can erupt on a predictable schedule, and now researchers have learned more about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 12, 2021Chemistry & Physics
What exactly is a quasar? Astronomers define quasars as huge active galactic nuclei that house supermassive black holes ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have used powerful telescopes high in the Atacama desert to evaluate estimates of the age of the universe. T ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New research describes how scientists from the University of Graz, the Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory (Austria), and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 06, 2020Space & Astronomy
Nebulas are vast clouds of dust and gas that are remnants of exploded stars or in other cases, nurseries for where stars ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2020Space & Astronomy
The National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope produced this stunning image of a sunspot earlier thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
W/hile renewable energy technologies have developed exponentially in recent years, a major barrier towards their adoptio ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
In 2004, the Blue Ring Nebula was first identified. It appeared as a faint gas blob with a star at its center and was un ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists think they have witnessed the birth of a magnetar for the first time, when a massive burst of gamma rays took ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists have identified a burst of cosmic radio waves- intense flashes of radio emission that last just a few millise ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have identified an exoplanet that appears to have an atmosphere composed of vaporized rock and oceans runnin ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 04, 2020Space & Astronomy
A neutron star is born when a massive star dies out in a supernova, leaving its collapsed and incredibly dense core rema ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have created a new map that includes the outermost regions of our Milky Way galaxy. Image by: NASA/JPL/Calte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The first images ever taken of a black hole were released in April 2019. The images were captured with the Event Horizon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Spain have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting the star, GJ-740, a red dwarf star located 36 light
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 21, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A new pulsar has been discovered with images from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope, a low-frequency radio t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 13, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Does the presence of oxygen mean the existence of life? That’s a question that scientists have been debating over
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 24, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It's thought that most carbon found in space is contained in big molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have hypothesized that a certain mechanism may mean there are many more water-rich planets with atmospheres
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 16, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Many years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was able to catch a glimpse of amazing auroras that occur on Jupiter. Now res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
New observations from the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and Very Long Baseline
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
This image by RenderArea is an artistic impression of the surface of a newly discovered, scorching hot, rocky, super-Ear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Having just one star in our solar system makes us an outlier in our galaxy. However, while most solar systems in the Mil
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In his theory of general relativity, Einstein predicted that black holes harbor an enormous amount of energy. And now, r
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 13, 2021
Space & Astronomy
We know that geysers like Old Faithful can erupt on a predictable schedule, and now researchers have learned more about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 12, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
What exactly is a quasar? Astronomers define quasars as huge active galactic nuclei that house supermassive black holes
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have used powerful telescopes high in the Atacama desert to evaluate estimates of the age of the universe. T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New research describes how scientists from the University of Graz, the Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory (Austria), and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 06, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Nebulas are vast clouds of dust and gas that are remnants of exploded stars or in other cases, nurseries for where stars
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope produced this stunning image of a sunspot earlier thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
W/hile renewable energy technologies have developed exponentially in recent years, a major barrier towards their adoptio
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
In 2004, the Blue Ring Nebula was first identified. It appeared as a faint gas blob with a star at its center and was un
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists think they have witnessed the birth of a magnetar for the first time, when a massive burst of gamma rays took
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have identified a burst of cosmic radio waves- intense flashes of radio emission that last just a few millise
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have identified an exoplanet that appears to have an atmosphere composed of vaporized rock and oceans runnin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 04, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A neutron star is born when a massive star dies out in a supernova, leaving its collapsed and incredibly dense core rema
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch