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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 29, 2020Space & Astronomy
For the first time, scientists have found water on the moon's sunlit surface. Coupled with other evidence of water i ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 27, 2020Space & Astronomy
Neptune was once known as a gas giant, but after scientists found that it was composed of heavy and volatile elements it ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a new type of sensor capable of measuring and correcting starli ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 16, 2020Space & Astronomy
In work that could help scientists understand how matter behaves when it's close to supermassive black holes, a star has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found at least 24 planets outside of our solar system may be better for life than Earth. Each a little ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 08, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an array of four individual telescopes in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published in Astrophysical Journal contemplates the amount ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 07, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A Nature Astronomy paper in September, titled "Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus", has led t ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers has found a lone planet the size of Earth drifting through the Milky Way. Known as a ‘rogue ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 03, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New observations from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) provide insight on how supermas ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists have identified a new kind of planet- an ‘ultrahot Neptune’, or a giant exoplanet that orbits its ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 20, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists were stunned to discover possible signs of life in the atmosphere of Venus. Their initial findings were confi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2020Space & Astronomy
Most matter, and about a quarter of the mass-energy in the universe is thought to be made of dark matter, but we still d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2020Space & Astronomy
If a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, the forces exerted on the star tear it to shreds, generating a hu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Ohio State University have theorized that there may be more rogue planets (planets that don't orbit ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 02, 2020Space & Astronomy
Astronomers were studying a massive star in the Kinman Dwarf Galaxy from 2001 to 2011. When they went back in 2019 to lo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2020Space & Astronomy
From analyzing ancient light emitted by the Big Bang, physicists have been able to provide a new estimate of the Earth&# ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 30, 2020Space & Astronomy
During a project sponsored by Space India and NASA, two schoolgirls aged 14 in the 10th grade discovered an asteroid nea ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 19, 2020Space & Astronomy
The NEOWISE comet will get closest to Earth on July 22 and will begin to fade from view after that.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists have reported the discovery of a vast stream of stars called Nyx in the vicinity of the sun.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists have spotted a new kind of signal in space- four strange, circular objects. Three are particularly bright aro ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 06, 2020Space & Astronomy
Fast radio bursts are intense pulses of energy that come from light years away, popping fir a few milliseconds before di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope continues to send us incredible images of space. It has recently captured an image involving ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that a nearby red dwarf star, known as Gliese 887, may host three planets, one of which could sus ...Written By: Annie Lennon
OCT 29, 2020
Space & Astronomy
For the first time, scientists have found water on the moon's sunlit surface. Coupled with other evidence of water i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 27, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Neptune was once known as a gas giant, but after scientists found that it was composed of heavy and volatile elements it
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a new type of sensor capable of measuring and correcting starli
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
In work that could help scientists understand how matter behaves when it's close to supermassive black holes, a star has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found at least 24 planets outside of our solar system may be better for life than Earth. Each a little
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 08, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an array of four individual telescopes in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published in Astrophysical Journal contemplates the amount
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 07, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A Nature Astronomy paper in September, titled "Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus", has led t
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers has found a lone planet the size of Earth drifting through the Milky Way. Known as a ‘rogue
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 03, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New observations from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) provide insight on how supermas
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have identified a new kind of planet- an ‘ultrahot Neptune’, or a giant exoplanet that orbits its
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 20, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists were stunned to discover possible signs of life in the atmosphere of Venus. Their initial findings were confi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Most matter, and about a quarter of the mass-energy in the universe is thought to be made of dark matter, but we still d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2020
Space & Astronomy
If a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, the forces exerted on the star tear it to shreds, generating a hu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Ohio State University have theorized that there may be more rogue planets (planets that don't orbit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 02, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers were studying a massive star in the Kinman Dwarf Galaxy from 2001 to 2011. When they went back in 2019 to lo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2020
Space & Astronomy
From analyzing ancient light emitted by the Big Bang, physicists have been able to provide a new estimate of the Earth&#
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 30, 2020
Space & Astronomy
During a project sponsored by Space India and NASA, two schoolgirls aged 14 in the 10th grade discovered an asteroid nea
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 19, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The NEOWISE comet will get closest to Earth on July 22 and will begin to fade from view after that.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have reported the discovery of a vast stream of stars called Nyx in the vicinity of the sun.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have spotted a new kind of signal in space- four strange, circular objects. Three are particularly bright aro
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 06, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Fast radio bursts are intense pulses of energy that come from light years away, popping fir a few milliseconds before di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope continues to send us incredible images of space. It has recently captured an image involving
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that a nearby red dwarf star, known as Gliese 887, may host three planets, one of which could sus
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon