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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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DEC 20, 2019Chemistry & Physics
The Physics World magazine is an iconic publication in the scientific community. This month, its editorial team sel ...Written By: Daniel DuanDEC 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
Astronomers often turn to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope when they fancy observing any of the plethora of distant n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2019Space & Astronomy
This year was one of the most exciting ones for all of the space geeks around the world. Many discoveries and ...Written By: Vanesa NikolovaDEC 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Gene sequencing technologies have created a wealth of data, and scientists can now do more with all that information.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2019Space & Astronomy
Stars are easily observable in the night sky, either by the naked eye or with the aid of a powerful telescope, but while ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 12, 2019Space & Astronomy
Monday was a particularly exciting day for amateur astronomers. It was the day that the planet Mercury performed a visib ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
Earthlings are in for some celestial eye candy on Monday, November 11th. Mercury, the smallest of the solar system&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 04, 2019Space & Astronomy
There are several space telescopes observing the cosmos at the very time of this writing, and there are plans to launch ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 03, 2019Space & Astronomy
The Juno mission, launched by NASA in 2011 to explore the fascinating Jovian system, finally arrived at its destination ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 31, 2019Chemistry & Physics
It is safe to say that we live in a world of hydrogen and helium, the lightest elements in the periodic table. Born minu ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 27, 2019Space & Astronomy
Space telescopes are particularly important pieces of equipment, especially for astrophysicists, planetary scientists, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 21, 2019Space & Astronomy
Yes, you read that right; NASA would like to slam a purposefully built spacecraft into the surface of an asteroid. While ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 15, 2019Technology
Using the same tools designed to observe the stars, vision scientists at Indiana University have taken the first accurat ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 09, 2019Space & Astronomy
The universe is so old and so large that the Earth is but an insignificant speck of dust by comparison. Astronomers are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2019Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are continuously searching for other planets, whether those reside right here in the solar system with us, o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 23, 2019Space & Astronomy
When astronomers measure the distance between two distant objects in outer space, the term ‘light-year’ gets ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 22, 2019Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists have been in search of potentially habitable worlds for years, and perhaps one of the most promisin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 20, 2019Chemistry & Physics
The reason why we can "see" is because when light rays strike an object, a portion of them get reflected at it ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 18, 2019Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are particularly interested in finding an exoplanet like the Earth, and with the help of NASA’s Transi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 16, 2019Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency is currently developing a new visible to near-infrared space telescope dubbed Euclid, which is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 02, 2019Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope launched into low orbit around the Earth in 1990, and it was only a few years later that the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 02, 2019Space & Astronomy
It seems like this past week was a particularly productive one for the team over at NASA. Not only were the two halves o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which was formerly known as the Next Generation Space Telescope ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2019Chemistry & Physics
The story of Fast Radio Bursts (FRB) started back in 2007, when Australian astronomer Duncan Lorimer and his student dis ...Written By: Daniel Duan
DEC 20, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
The Physics World magazine is an iconic publication in the scientific community. This month, its editorial team sel
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers often turn to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope when they fancy observing any of the plethora of distant n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2019
Space & Astronomy
This year was one of the most exciting ones for all of the space geeks around the world. Many discoveries and
...
Written By:
Vanesa Nikolova
DEC 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Gene sequencing technologies have created a wealth of data, and scientists can now do more with all that information.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Stars are easily observable in the night sky, either by the naked eye or with the aid of a powerful telescope, but while
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 12, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Monday was a particularly exciting day for amateur astronomers. It was the day that the planet Mercury performed a visib
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Earthlings are in for some celestial eye candy on Monday, November 11th. Mercury, the smallest of the solar system&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 04, 2019
Space & Astronomy
There are several space telescopes observing the cosmos at the very time of this writing, and there are plans to launch
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 03, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The Juno mission, launched by NASA in 2011 to explore the fascinating Jovian system, finally arrived at its destination
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 31, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
It is safe to say that we live in a world of hydrogen and helium, the lightest elements in the periodic table. Born minu
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 27, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Space telescopes are particularly important pieces of equipment, especially for astrophysicists, planetary scientists, a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 21, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Yes, you read that right; NASA would like to slam a purposefully built spacecraft into the surface of an asteroid. While
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 15, 2019
Technology
Using the same tools designed to observe the stars, vision scientists at Indiana University have taken the first accurat
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 09, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The universe is so old and so large that the Earth is but an insignificant speck of dust by comparison. Astronomers are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are continuously searching for other planets, whether those reside right here in the solar system with us, o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2019
Space & Astronomy
When astronomers measure the distance between two distant objects in outer space, the term ‘light-year’ gets
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 22, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists have been in search of potentially habitable worlds for years, and perhaps one of the most promisin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 20, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
The reason why we can "see" is because when light rays strike an object, a portion of them get reflected at it
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 18, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are particularly interested in finding an exoplanet like the Earth, and with the help of NASA’s Transi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 16, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency is currently developing a new visible to near-infrared space telescope dubbed Euclid, which is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 02, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope launched into low orbit around the Earth in 1990, and it was only a few years later that the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 02, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It seems like this past week was a particularly productive one for the team over at NASA. Not only were the two halves o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which was formerly known as the Next Generation Space Telescope
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
The story of Fast Radio Bursts (FRB) started back in 2007, when Australian astronomer Duncan Lorimer and his student dis
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan