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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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MAR 12, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is slated to become the most powerful space telescope ever built, but it’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
The launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is quickly approaching, and as you can probably imagine, astronome ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 06, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is getting old, but astronomers continue using it to make breakthrough discoveries a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the nearby star Proxima Centauri is an Earth-like exoplanet called Proxima b. Planetary scientists have marvele ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2018Videos
Jupiter, the solar system's most massive planet, is a place of great mystery. Earthlings admire Jupiter's beauty through ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 21, 2018Space & Astronomy
Supernovae are massive stellar explosions that mark the end of a star’s life cycle. They occur randomly and withou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2018Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists have a lot of questions about Mars, and it may not be long before they get a chance to answer them. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2018Space & Astronomy
While SpaceX set a precedent for space travel when they launched the Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time, we can&rsqu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 15, 2018Chemistry & Physics
In a recent paper, astrophysicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has come up with a new hypothesis of wha ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 12, 2018Space & Astronomy
When an exoplanet passes in front of its host star from our point of view, astronomers call it a transit event. In some ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 07, 2018Space & Astronomy
Asteroids from our solar system harmlessly pass the Earth all the time, but not all of them get up close and personal to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Modern space observatories can only see so far into outer space, but a phenomenon dubbed gravitational lensing sometimes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 30, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Using telescopes, scientists can observe the light and radiation emission from the surface of stars. But how do we ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 22, 2018Space & Astronomy
The Earth is no stranger to close calls with asteroids, and one of NASA's most recent public statements highlightsWritten By: Anthony BouchardJAN 19, 2018Chemistry & Physics
André Maeder, an honorary professor and astrophysicist at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), has come up with a ra ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 16, 2018Space & Astronomy
Some cosmic objects are so far away that even the most powerful space-based observatories can’t discern them clear ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2018Videos
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is slated to become the next major space observatory. It will succeed NASA's Hubbl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2018Space & Astronomy
Although astronomers might discover new exoplanets orbiting distant stars all the time, it’s not as simple to disc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers admit that we still have much to learn about stellar development; namely the stages of a star’s life b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 10, 2018Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope has been NASA’s primary space observatory for years, but it will soon be superseded by ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2018Chemistry & Physics
There is an extinction scenario that human kind has not paid enough attention to: gamma-ray bursts. To astronomers ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
A distant star system called KIC 8462852 continues to fascinate astronomers for seemingly all the wrong reasons. Also kn ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers often use the Earth-based Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to study objects in space, but September’ ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is slated to become the most powerful space telescope ever built, but it’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is quickly approaching, and as you can probably imagine, astronome
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 06, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is getting old, but astronomers continue using it to make breakthrough discoveries a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the nearby star Proxima Centauri is an Earth-like exoplanet called Proxima b. Planetary scientists have marvele
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2018
Videos
Jupiter, the solar system's most massive planet, is a place of great mystery. Earthlings admire Jupiter's beauty through
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Supernovae are massive stellar explosions that mark the end of a star’s life cycle. They occur randomly and withou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Planetary scientists have a lot of questions about Mars, and it may not be long before they get a chance to answer them.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
While SpaceX set a precedent for space travel when they launched the Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time, we can&rsqu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 15, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent paper, astrophysicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has come up with a new hypothesis of wha
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 12, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When an exoplanet passes in front of its host star from our point of view, astronomers call it a transit event. In some
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 07, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids from our solar system harmlessly pass the Earth all the time, but not all of them get up close and personal to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Modern space observatories can only see so far into outer space, but a phenomenon dubbed gravitational lensing sometimes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 30, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Using telescopes, scientists can observe the light and radiation emission from the surface of stars. But how do we
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 22, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The Earth is no stranger to close calls with asteroids, and one of NASA's most recent public statements highlights
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 19, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
André Maeder, an honorary professor and astrophysicist at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), has come up with a ra
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 16, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Some cosmic objects are so far away that even the most powerful space-based observatories can’t discern them clear
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2018
Videos
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is slated to become the next major space observatory. It will succeed NASA's Hubbl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Although astronomers might discover new exoplanets orbiting distant stars all the time, it’s not as simple to disc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers admit that we still have much to learn about stellar development; namely the stages of a star’s life b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope has been NASA’s primary space observatory for years, but it will soon be superseded by
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
There is an extinction scenario that human kind has not paid enough attention to: gamma-ray bursts. To astronomers
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
A distant star system called KIC 8462852 continues to fascinate astronomers for seemingly all the wrong reasons. Also kn
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers often use the Earth-based Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to study objects in space, but September’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard