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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 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
Europa, the smallest of the four Galilean moons in orbit around Jupiter, is a huge place of interest for scientists beca ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Almost three decades ago, astronomers were looking at a binary star system known as 47 Tuc X9, which resides around 14,8 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Trappist-1 system has a lot of scientists very excited about the future of space exploration because it was recently ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Black holes are incredibly unique and misunderstood forces of nature. Their gravitational forces are extremely powerful; ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2017Videos
The search for other life forms in our Solar System has so far left us with empty hands. We've been searching for decade ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is officially in the works of a probe that will one day visit Europa, which is one of the many mysterious moons orb ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you know New Horizons made history back in 2015 when it flew past Plu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
Among the many different kinds of things astronomers are looking for in the depths of space are blazars, which are essen ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Any time we are able to discover water anywhere in the universe besides Earth, it’s a pretty spectacular finding. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star that we can observe; unfortunately, it’s so bright that we can’t look directly a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
Pulsars are one of the things astronomers have a hard time understanding. We have a pretty good idea of what they are, b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
As stars reach the end of their lives, they explode. This is the process where the nuclear fusion going on inside of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been looking for traces of life on other planets for decades. The fact that it’s highly probable ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
It’s not easy to observe the distant heavens in space, but NASA is calling on the best in the commercial science i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 01, 2017Videos
How tall is Mount Everest? Well, that depends on who you ask. In 1955 the official height was recorded at 8,848 meters. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 29, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Milky Way is full of stars; some are closer to our Solar System than others, but some of the most distant that still ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
Because the universe is so vast, examining it up close and in person with the processing power of a single computer is a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
A star approximately 95 light years away from Earth, known to astronomers as HD 172555, could be vaporizing a myriad of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
Observing the heavens is not easy; the universe is vast, and the bigger we build our space observation equipment, the bi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
You probably remember the Breakthrough Starshot initiative, which was proposed by billionaire Yuri Milner and astrophysi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Some of the top space science experts are always peering through the heavens with the Hubble Space Telescope, looking fa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Hubble Space Telescope is old, nearing three decades of age since its launch, but it’s still being used for space ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Europa, the smallest of the four Galilean moons in orbit around Jupiter, is a huge place of interest for scientists beca
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Almost three decades ago, astronomers were looking at a binary star system known as 47 Tuc X9, which resides around 14,8
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Trappist-1 system has a lot of scientists very excited about the future of space exploration because it was recently
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Black holes are incredibly unique and misunderstood forces of nature. Their gravitational forces are extremely powerful;
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2017
Videos
The search for other life forms in our Solar System has so far left us with empty hands. We've been searching for decade
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is officially in the works of a probe that will one day visit Europa, which is one of the many mysterious moons orb
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you know New Horizons made history back in 2015 when it flew past Plu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Among the many different kinds of things astronomers are looking for in the depths of space are blazars, which are essen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Any time we are able to discover water anywhere in the universe besides Earth, it’s a pretty spectacular finding.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Sun is the closest star that we can observe; unfortunately, it’s so bright that we can’t look directly a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Pulsars are one of the things astronomers have a hard time understanding. We have a pretty good idea of what they are, b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
As stars reach the end of their lives, they explode. This is the process where the nuclear fusion going on inside of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been looking for traces of life on other planets for decades. The fact that it’s highly probable
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It’s not easy to observe the distant heavens in space, but NASA is calling on the best in the commercial science i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 01, 2017
Videos
How tall is Mount Everest? Well, that depends on who you ask. In 1955 the official height was recorded at 8,848 meters.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 29, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Milky Way is full of stars; some are closer to our Solar System than others, but some of the most distant that still
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Because the universe is so vast, examining it up close and in person with the processing power of a single computer is a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
A star approximately 95 light years away from Earth, known to astronomers as HD 172555, could be vaporizing a myriad of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Observing the heavens is not easy; the universe is vast, and the bigger we build our space observation equipment, the bi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
You probably remember the Breakthrough Starshot initiative, which was proposed by billionaire Yuri Milner and astrophysi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Some of the top space science experts are always peering through the heavens with the Hubble Space Telescope, looking fa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Hubble Space Telescope is old, nearing three decades of age since its launch, but it’s still being used for space
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard