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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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JUN 25, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying Jupiter’s Great Red Spot for decades, and it continues to captivate their attention ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2018Chemistry & Physics
In a recent paper in the journal Physical Review D, a group of European physicistsWritten By: Daniel DuanJUN 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always attempting to answer the seemingly endless stream of questions that arise from studying outer spa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 04, 2018Videos
As satellites orbit the Earth, they must be careful to shut down while passing through particular areas. One of such are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
1E 0102.2-7219 is the name given to a newly-discovered neutron star that astronomers discovered while observing the dist ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2018Chemistry & Physics
The Most Mysterious Object in the Universe (Physics Girl) To astronomers, the status of brown dwarf has been quite ambig ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 20, 2018Space & Astronomy
It’s been about a month since NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission launched into spac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft got up close and personal with the Jovian moon Europa back in 1997, and researchers have ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 09, 2018Space & Astronomy
All space rocks may look alike to the untrained eye, but scientists know how to tell them apart. Their composition, for ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2018Space & Astronomy
At least 25 proposed space exploration concepts were submitted to the European Space Agency by the scientific community ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2018Technology
As the Kickstarter page puts it, Hiuni is "designed for shared live-view stargazing experiences and fun learning right o ...Written By: Julia TraversMAY 02, 2018Space & Astronomy
Determining the composition of exoplanetary atmospheres is no easy task given the sheer distance that separates them fro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 25, 2018Space & Astronomy
All thanks to observations made by both the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and South Pole Telescope ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2018Videos
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the cosmos since the 90's, but it will soon be superseded by the James ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2018Space & Astronomy
It can be challenging to discern the contents of another planet’s atmosphere, especially those further away from E ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2018Videos
If a star is dim, its spectrum is also dim and the spectral lines aren't well-defined. Now, with the launching of the NA ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 16, 2018Space & Astronomy
SpaceX was originally poised to ignite the engines of one of its flagship Falcon 9 rockets Monday evening, but it now se ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope’s days are numbered due to limited fuel resources, but that won’t keep astronomer ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 27, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope has been a work in progress for what feels like nearly two decades now. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 27, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Back in the early 1990s, astronauts on NASA's Space Shuttle discovered that their laptops had mysterious crashes whe ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 25, 2018Videos
Origami is an ancient Japanese art involving paper-folding, but we can attribute it to so much more than just paper. NAS ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2018Space & Astronomy
The TRAPPIST-1 system made headlines last year when astronomers found not just one, but seven terrestrial Earth-like exo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
After nine long years of exoplanetary research, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is beginning to run out of fuel. The ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 25, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying Jupiter’s Great Red Spot for decades, and it continues to captivate their attention
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent paper in the journal Physical Review D, a group of European physicists
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always attempting to answer the seemingly endless stream of questions that arise from studying outer spa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2018
Videos
As satellites orbit the Earth, they must be careful to shut down while passing through particular areas. One of such are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
1E 0102.2-7219 is the name given to a newly-discovered neutron star that astronomers discovered while observing the dist
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
The Most Mysterious Object in the Universe (Physics Girl) To astronomers, the status of brown dwarf has been quite ambig
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 20, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It’s been about a month since NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission launched into spac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft got up close and personal with the Jovian moon Europa back in 1997, and researchers have
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
All space rocks may look alike to the untrained eye, but scientists know how to tell them apart. Their composition, for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2018
Space & Astronomy
At least 25 proposed space exploration concepts were submitted to the European Space Agency by the scientific community
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2018
Technology
As the Kickstarter page puts it, Hiuni is "designed for shared live-view stargazing experiences and fun learning right o
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAY 02, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Determining the composition of exoplanetary atmospheres is no easy task given the sheer distance that separates them fro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 25, 2018
Space & Astronomy
All thanks to observations made by both the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and South Pole Telescope
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2018
Videos
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the cosmos since the 90's, but it will soon be superseded by the James
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It can be challenging to discern the contents of another planet’s atmosphere, especially those further away from E
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2018
Videos
If a star is dim, its spectrum is also dim and the spectral lines aren't well-defined. Now, with the launching of the NA
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 16, 2018
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX was originally poised to ignite the engines of one of its flagship Falcon 9 rockets Monday evening, but it now se
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope’s days are numbered due to limited fuel resources, but that won’t keep astronomer
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope has been a work in progress for what feels like nearly two decades now.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Back in the early 1990s, astronauts on NASA's Space Shuttle discovered that their laptops had mysterious crashes whe
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 25, 2018
Videos
Origami is an ancient Japanese art involving paper-folding, but we can attribute it to so much more than just paper. NAS
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The TRAPPIST-1 system made headlines last year when astronomers found not just one, but seven terrestrial Earth-like exo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
After nine long years of exoplanetary research, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is beginning to run out of fuel. The
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard