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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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OCT 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
Pluto was undoubtedly the biggest part of NASA’s New Horizons mission last year, when the probe achieved its succe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
We know that the universe is big – really big – and that there are a ton of galaxies out there that contain ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found something really strange inside a star system 1,200 light years away. The host ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
It isn’t very often that we get the opportunity to study systems from other galaxies, considering they’re so ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
Using the tried and true Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have reportedly found another exoplanet orbiting two stars ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
Throughout the last five years, China has been working on a new radio telescope called the Five-hundred-meter Aperture S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
In a nearby star system dubbed TW Hydra, astronomers are keeping their eyes on a disk formation of dust and gas particle ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA is getting pretty excited after the space agency’s Hubble Space Telescope found what appear to be jets of wat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
Although we can find exoplanets through means of the Kepler mission, and try out best to describe their qualities, such ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
Proxima b is believed to be an Earth-like neighbor from the Proxima Centauri system, which is around 4.25 light years aw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are now very interested in what could be one of the slowest pulsars ever discovered, reportedly spinning tho ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
International astronomers based in Italy have had their eyes on a distant star cluster discovered more than four decades ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 12, 2016Space & Astronomy
The search for intelligent extraterrestrial life in our universe never ends. Scientists from SETI search far and wide to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 06, 2016Space & Astronomy
When astronomers look for new galaxies, they’re looking for huge clusters of stars, or bright spots, where it&rsqu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists have had their eyes on an exoplanet dubbed Gj 1132b that was discovered last year and seems to resemble Venus ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists are in awe after having discovered a very strange trans-Neptunian object (TNO) that is orbiting the Sun in a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 18, 2016Space & Astronomy
One of the brightest objects in the universe is a supernova, which is when a start collapses in on itself at the end of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) are some of the brightest and most powerful, but also some of the most misunderstood quandaries o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 04, 2016Space & Astronomy
One of Jupiter’s moons, Io, is quite the interesting character. It turns out there are two sides to Io’s per ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
Brown dwarfs are essentially stars that fail to spark the energy needed to produce nuclear fusion. Instead of being brig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2016Space & Astronomy
Space is large, and there’s almost no way we’re ever going to be able to map out the entire universe because ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2016Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
The universe is a rather interesting place. There are a bunch of stars, planets, random rocks, dust, and other mysteriou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists always have their eyes in the skies. Although Neptune is the single furthest planet in our Solar System, Plut ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
OCT 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Pluto was undoubtedly the biggest part of NASA’s New Horizons mission last year, when the probe achieved its succe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
We know that the universe is big – really big – and that there are a ton of galaxies out there that contain
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found something really strange inside a star system 1,200 light years away. The host
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It isn’t very often that we get the opportunity to study systems from other galaxies, considering they’re so
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Using the tried and true Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have reportedly found another exoplanet orbiting two stars
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Throughout the last five years, China has been working on a new radio telescope called the Five-hundred-meter Aperture S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In a nearby star system dubbed TW Hydra, astronomers are keeping their eyes on a disk formation of dust and gas particle
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA is getting pretty excited after the space agency’s Hubble Space Telescope found what appear to be jets of wat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Although we can find exoplanets through means of the Kepler mission, and try out best to describe their qualities, such
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Proxima b is believed to be an Earth-like neighbor from the Proxima Centauri system, which is around 4.25 light years aw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are now very interested in what could be one of the slowest pulsars ever discovered, reportedly spinning tho
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
International astronomers based in Italy have had their eyes on a distant star cluster discovered more than four decades
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 12, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The search for intelligent extraterrestrial life in our universe never ends. Scientists from SETI search far and wide to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 06, 2016
Space & Astronomy
When astronomers look for new galaxies, they’re looking for huge clusters of stars, or bright spots, where it&rsqu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have had their eyes on an exoplanet dubbed Gj 1132b that was discovered last year and seems to resemble Venus
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are in awe after having discovered a very strange trans-Neptunian object (TNO) that is orbiting the Sun in a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
One of the brightest objects in the universe is a supernova, which is when a start collapses in on itself at the end of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) are some of the brightest and most powerful, but also some of the most misunderstood quandaries o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
One of Jupiter’s moons, Io, is quite the interesting character. It turns out there are two sides to Io’s per
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Brown dwarfs are essentially stars that fail to spark the energy needed to produce nuclear fusion. Instead of being brig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Space is large, and there’s almost no way we’re ever going to be able to map out the entire universe because
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2016
Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The universe is a rather interesting place. There are a bunch of stars, planets, random rocks, dust, and other mysteriou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists always have their eyes in the skies. Although Neptune is the single furthest planet in our Solar System, Plut
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard