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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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MAY 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
Some 1,500 light years away in the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 (OMC-1), an explosion resembling the colorfulness and shape o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
The formation of our Solar System leaves a lot of unanswered questions, but as we continue to study it in more detail wi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
You’ve never seen a black hole before. Everything you’ve come across on the Internet so far has only either ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying the mysterious breakup of asteroid P/2013 R3 for over three years, and while the reasonin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
Imagine looking through space and seeing a super-bright supernova that you weren’t expecting to see. Then, after t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our universe, anywhere else besides Earth, continues to be a long and drawn-out process. So far, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
This April, Jupiter is in the midst of a stage known as opposition, during which it’s as close to Earth as it ever ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope helps astronomers locate distant exoplanets, but they still appear fuzzy in the viewfinder be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
The question of whether or not we’ll ever find other traces of life in our Solar System has so far remained unansw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
Most are probably familiar with the Northern Lights on Earth, which are known to the scientific community as the Aurora ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a pretty big and potentially hazardous asteroid dubbed 2014 JO25 is preparing to whizz past the E ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the latest and greatest space telescope set to be launched into space since the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 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 Bouchard
MAY 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Some 1,500 light years away in the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 (OMC-1), an explosion resembling the colorfulness and shape o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The formation of our Solar System leaves a lot of unanswered questions, but as we continue to study it in more detail wi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
You’ve never seen a black hole before. Everything you’ve come across on the Internet so far has only either
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying the mysterious breakup of asteroid P/2013 R3 for over three years, and while the reasonin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Imagine looking through space and seeing a super-bright supernova that you weren’t expecting to see. Then, after t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our universe, anywhere else besides Earth, continues to be a long and drawn-out process. So far,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
This April, Jupiter is in the midst of a stage known as opposition, during which it’s as close to Earth as it ever
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope helps astronomers locate distant exoplanets, but they still appear fuzzy in the viewfinder be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The question of whether or not we’ll ever find other traces of life in our Solar System has so far remained unansw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Most are probably familiar with the Northern Lights on Earth, which are known to the scientific community as the Aurora
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a pretty big and potentially hazardous asteroid dubbed 2014 JO25 is preparing to whizz past the E
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the latest and greatest space telescope set to be launched into space since the
...
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