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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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FEB 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The Hubble Space Telescope has been NASA’s primary space observatory for years, but it will soon be superseded by ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2018Chemistry & Physics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 BouchardDEC 27, 2017Videos
Beyond Neptune is a unique region of our solar system known as the Kuiper Belt. This particular area of space is a lot l ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 19, 2017Videos
2018 will be a big year for NASA, and to help explain why, the space agency compiled the following video outlining some ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
Just around two months ago, a cigar-shaped space rock that astronomers say originated from another stellar system came z ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 18, 2017Videos
There are a lot of hazards in outer space, such as temperature, space debris, and radiation. Spacecraft designers keep t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 14, 2017Videos
Kepler-90 is a distant star system residing around 2,545 light years away from us that NASA now contends has our solar s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
New Horizons made history in 2015 when it flew past Pluto and captured the clearest-ever photographs of the dwarf planet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
The heart of the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is now on the move once again after NASA opened the door on ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 04, 2017Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever seen a scallop before, then you can probably attest to how non-complex they look at first glance. T ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 04, 2017Videos
Here's a mind-twister: the color we call black is not actually black, in the sense that black is supposed to be the colo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
Residing some 325 light years away from our solar system is a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet known as WASP-18b. The alien wo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 30, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The gamma-ray emission cascades caused by lightning strikes. Credit: Kyoto University/Teruaki Enoto Lightning and radiat ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is well on its way to superseding the Hubble Space Telescope as one of the most ...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
DEC 27, 2017
Videos
Beyond Neptune is a unique region of our solar system known as the Kuiper Belt. This particular area of space is a lot l
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 19, 2017
Videos
2018 will be a big year for NASA, and to help explain why, the space agency compiled the following video outlining some
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Just around two months ago, a cigar-shaped space rock that astronomers say originated from another stellar system came z
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 18, 2017
Videos
There are a lot of hazards in outer space, such as temperature, space debris, and radiation. Spacecraft designers keep t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 14, 2017
Videos
Kepler-90 is a distant star system residing around 2,545 light years away from us that NASA now contends has our solar s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
New Horizons made history in 2015 when it flew past Pluto and captured the clearest-ever photographs of the dwarf planet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The heart of the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is now on the move once again after NASA opened the door on
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever seen a scallop before, then you can probably attest to how non-complex they look at first glance. T
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2017
Videos
Here's a mind-twister: the color we call black is not actually black, in the sense that black is supposed to be the colo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Residing some 325 light years away from our solar system is a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet known as WASP-18b. The alien wo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The gamma-ray emission cascades caused by lightning strikes. Credit: Kyoto University/Teruaki Enoto Lightning and radiat
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is well on its way to superseding the Hubble Space Telescope as one of the most
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard