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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 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 BouchardJAN 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
Fast radio bursts, also known as FRBs, are seemingly coming from everywhere in space these days, and astronomers are ver ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the types of exoplanets that stick out most to astronomers who study the curious and distant heavens are hot, gas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
A new study into the distant star systems that we discover and observe with the Kepler space telescope and more suggests ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
There appears to be a star similar to our own Sun some 300 light years away from our own that has a nasty habit of devou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is supposed to be NASA’s next major step forward from the Hubble Space Teles ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
You may be very familiar with Sunspots, which are dark parts of the Sun that tend to be associated with solar winds beca ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
At the beginning of December, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) discovered an excessively-large coronal hole ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 25, 2016Space & Astronomy
Have you ever wondered what’s going to happen to the Earth in the distant future of the Solar System? You’re ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2016Technology
Getting a deep enough look into the depths of space where all of the known exoplanets are is a tough task, but new advan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have spotted a beautifully tangled mess about 150 million light y ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 14, 2016Infographics
With the recent passing of the great John Glenn, a man who will forever be remembered as the first American to orbit the ...DEC 12, 2016Space & Astronomy
The Milky Way, our very own galaxy, is not alone in space. There are as many as 50 companions orbiting our own galaxy, 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
JAN 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Fast radio bursts, also known as FRBs, are seemingly coming from everywhere in space these days, and astronomers are ver
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the types of exoplanets that stick out most to astronomers who study the curious and distant heavens are hot, gas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A new study into the distant star systems that we discover and observe with the Kepler space telescope and more suggests
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There appears to be a star similar to our own Sun some 300 light years away from our own that has a nasty habit of devou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is supposed to be NASA’s next major step forward from the Hubble Space Teles
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
You may be very familiar with Sunspots, which are dark parts of the Sun that tend to be associated with solar winds beca
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
At the beginning of December, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) discovered an excessively-large coronal hole
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Have you ever wondered what’s going to happen to the Earth in the distant future of the Solar System? You’re
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 22, 2016
Technology
Getting a deep enough look into the depths of space where all of the known exoplanets are is a tough task, but new advan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have spotted a beautifully tangled mess about 150 million light y
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 14, 2016
Infographics
With the recent passing of the great John Glenn, a man who will forever be remembered as the first American to orbit the
...
DEC 12, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The Milky Way, our very own galaxy, is not alone in space. There are as many as 50 companions orbiting our own galaxy, a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard