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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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JUL 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 BouchardJUN 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the most valuable systems we have in place today for discovering exoplanets throughout the galaxy is NASA’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers regularly study pulsars because there is a lot about them we have yet to understand. On the other hand, one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2017Chemistry & Physics
A team of Chinese scientists succeeded in tests that distributed entangled paired photons over 1,200 kilometers, using t ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Cygnus A is a famous radio galaxy found around 800 million light years away from Earth, and it's known for being one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are stumped by the unexplained Houdini act of what was once a distant star dubbed N6946-BH1. Originally foun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 04, 2017Videos
Jupiter is a huge planet, and while we can gaze upon it from the Earth's surface with powerful space observation telesco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 01, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Could a new device spell the end of painful gynecological exams for women proactive about their cervical cancer screenin ...MAY 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
The seemingly-endless search for extraterrestrial life in our universe continues on, and while we haven’t found an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of Jupiter’s natural satellites, which goes by the name Io, is perhaps one of the Solar System’s most vo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
About two years ago, astronomers noticed that an abnormal amount of light was being blocked from a star system dubbed KI ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
There’s no doubt that there’s interest in sending a probe to Europa, one of the 67+ known moons that orbit J ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
While studying distant exoplanets from other systems, astronomers sometimes come across surprising discoveries about the ...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
JUN 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the most valuable systems we have in place today for discovering exoplanets throughout the galaxy is NASA’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers regularly study pulsars because there is a lot about them we have yet to understand. On the other hand, one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A team of Chinese scientists succeeded in tests that distributed entangled paired photons over 1,200 kilometers, using t
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Cygnus A is a famous radio galaxy found around 800 million light years away from Earth, and it's known for being one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are stumped by the unexplained Houdini act of what was once a distant star dubbed N6946-BH1. Originally foun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2017
Videos
Jupiter is a huge planet, and while we can gaze upon it from the Earth's surface with powerful space observation telesco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Could a new device spell the end of painful gynecological exams for women proactive about their cervical cancer screenin
...
MAY 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The seemingly-endless search for extraterrestrial life in our universe continues on, and while we haven’t found an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of Jupiter’s natural satellites, which goes by the name Io, is perhaps one of the Solar System’s most vo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
About two years ago, astronomers noticed that an abnormal amount of light was being blocked from a star system dubbed KI
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There’s no doubt that there’s interest in sending a probe to Europa, one of the 67+ known moons that orbit J
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While studying distant exoplanets from other systems, astronomers sometimes come across surprising discoveries about the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard