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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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AUG 25, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA has hyped up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) since its inception, but only as the telescope nears completion ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
Millions across the United States will watch the total solar eclipse on Monday, an event that hasn’t occurred here ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun while independently rotating in one direction or another at various sp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
TRAPPIST-1 has been somewhat of a cosmic mystery since its deepest and darkest exoplanetary secrets were unveiled earlie ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
While NASA and other space scientists have known about the presence of cosmic rays for ages, that’s not to say tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will soon replace the Hubble Space Telescope as the space agency’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Researchers hailing from the University of Exeter have made a compelling discovery after pointing the Hubble Space Teles ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
Lockheed Martin is developing a new technology they're calling the Segmented Planar Imaging Detector for Electro-Opt ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2017Videos
Tabby's star (KIC 8462852) has been getting a lot of attention over the last few years. Some people legitimately think a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to launch the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018, a move t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
It’s nothing new for astronomers to find a new planet outside of our solar system; these are commonly referred to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
When it comes to satellite launches, NASA loves to get things rolling as soon as they can, but perhaps their giddiness t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a major deal for astronomers because it should enable us to see deeper into the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope does more than just observe the distant cosmos; it also peeks at the nearby objects ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
New Horizons made history when it completed the primary goal of flying past Pluto in 2015, but the probe is far from fin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
It's not uncommon for astronomers to come across hot Jupiter-like exoplanets while surveying other star systems thro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 17, 2017Videos
One of the things you'll hear from NASA all the time is how they're falling behind on deadlines because there's a limite ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are on the lookout for terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets in other star systems that could potentially suppor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2017Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, it could be said that imaging is everything. Being able to look inside the brain at struct ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
Gravitational waves are still somewhat of a new concept to astronomers and astrophysicists because they were only just d ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
When it comes to massive exoplanets, one of the ways researchers spot them is by watching and waiting until it finds its ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
Gravitational waves are still somewhat of a mystery to even the brightest physicists because they’re such a new co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been under construction for several years, and it seems to be making headlines ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 25, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have always thought they had a pretty good idea about how galaxies form and evolve over time, but a newly-di ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA has hyped up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) since its inception, but only as the telescope nears completion
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Millions across the United States will watch the total solar eclipse on Monday, an event that hasn’t occurred here
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun while independently rotating in one direction or another at various sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
TRAPPIST-1 has been somewhat of a cosmic mystery since its deepest and darkest exoplanetary secrets were unveiled earlie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While NASA and other space scientists have known about the presence of cosmic rays for ages, that’s not to say tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will soon replace the Hubble Space Telescope as the space agency’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Researchers hailing from the University of Exeter have made a compelling discovery after pointing the Hubble Space Teles
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Lockheed Martin is developing a new technology they're calling the Segmented Planar Imaging Detector for Electro-Opt
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2017
Videos
Tabby's star (KIC 8462852) has been getting a lot of attention over the last few years. Some people legitimately think a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to launch the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018, a move t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It’s nothing new for astronomers to find a new planet outside of our solar system; these are commonly referred to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to satellite launches, NASA loves to get things rolling as soon as they can, but perhaps their giddiness t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a major deal for astronomers because it should enable us to see deeper into the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope does more than just observe the distant cosmos; it also peeks at the nearby objects
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
New Horizons made history when it completed the primary goal of flying past Pluto in 2015, but the probe is far from fin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It's not uncommon for astronomers to come across hot Jupiter-like exoplanets while surveying other star systems thro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 17, 2017
Videos
One of the things you'll hear from NASA all the time is how they're falling behind on deadlines because there's a limite
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are on the lookout for terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets in other star systems that could potentially suppor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2017
Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, it could be said that imaging is everything. Being able to look inside the brain at struct
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Gravitational waves are still somewhat of a new concept to astronomers and astrophysicists because they were only just d
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to massive exoplanets, one of the ways researchers spot them is by watching and waiting until it finds its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Gravitational waves are still somewhat of a mystery to even the brightest physicists because they’re such a new co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been under construction for several years, and it seems to be making headlines
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have always thought they had a pretty good idea about how galaxies form and evolve over time, but a newly-di
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard