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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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JUN 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are in awe as they have recently discovered a gigantic cluster of galaxies forming about 12 billion light ye ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
On Friday, SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station that was carryi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
Space is so amazingly vast that it’s just about impossible to study everything in a short period of time. That&rsq ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have announced finding what they believe is the first known White Dwarf Pulsar. Using the Southern African L ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 21, 2016Videos
As of this weekend, Mars is now in opposition; Mars and Earth are on the same side of the sun. So, Mars will rise as the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto last year to grab some incredible photographs of the planet and to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 18, 2016Space & Astronomy
A lot of mystery surrounds the existence of something known as a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy. These are essentia ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2016Space & Astronomy
Last month, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 26th anniversary of use in space. Hubble is certainly aging, but s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
This coming Monday, May 9th, something spectacular is going to happen in outer space. Mercury will make a transit across ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 04, 2016Space & Astronomy
We’ve heard a lot about the dwarf planet Pluto within the past year, especially with the historic fly-by of NASA&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Chameleons are interesting animals not only because of their ability to blend in with their surroundings by changing the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
In the future, the Hubble Space Telescope, which celebrated its 26-year anniversary for its launch and orbit this week, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists have long had the interest in Earth-like exoplanets because it’s thought that exoplanets like Earth are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
A special type of full Moon occurs in the month of April, and it’s known as a ‘Pink Moon.’ Tonight, Ap ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astrophysicists from the University of Notre Dame have been peering down the viewfinder of Kilodegree Extremely Little T ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 06, 2016Space & Astronomy
Using a relatively new 10-meter space telescope dubbed RadioAstron, along with data from various Earth-based observatori ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
It was not long ago that NASA shared some incredible imagery of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, showing us stars cap ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 04, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA recently spent some time using the Hubble Space Telescope to capture a massive portrait of our own Milky Way galaxy ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are getting very excited over an opportunity to observe an impact by a comet or asteroid on the surface of J ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
As astronomers gaze into the distance, they sometimes get a chance to observe interesting things as they happen. One of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 23, 2016Space & Astronomy
Nine monstrous stars have been discovered in a distant star cluster, which has been given the name R136, by the Hubble S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2016Space & Astronomy
It seems like astronomers are able to detect new exoplanets somewhere in the universe every couple of weeks, and it cont ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
It’s not very often that astronomers get the chance to observe a star exploding in space. In fact, it’s even ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
China is reportedly in the works of a new space telescope that could change the way we view the cosmos. Space technology ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are in awe as they have recently discovered a gigantic cluster of galaxies forming about 12 billion light ye
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On Friday, SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station that was carryi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Space is so amazingly vast that it’s just about impossible to study everything in a short period of time. That&rsq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have announced finding what they believe is the first known White Dwarf Pulsar. Using the Southern African L
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 21, 2016
Videos
As of this weekend, Mars is now in opposition; Mars and Earth are on the same side of the sun. So, Mars will rise as the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto last year to grab some incredible photographs of the planet and to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A lot of mystery surrounds the existence of something known as a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy. These are essentia
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Last month, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 26th anniversary of use in space. Hubble is certainly aging, but s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
This coming Monday, May 9th, something spectacular is going to happen in outer space. Mercury will make a transit across
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
We’ve heard a lot about the dwarf planet Pluto within the past year, especially with the historic fly-by of NASA&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Chameleons are interesting animals not only because of their ability to blend in with their surroundings by changing the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In the future, the Hubble Space Telescope, which celebrated its 26-year anniversary for its launch and orbit this week,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have long had the interest in Earth-like exoplanets because it’s thought that exoplanets like Earth are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A special type of full Moon occurs in the month of April, and it’s known as a ‘Pink Moon.’ Tonight, Ap
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astrophysicists from the University of Notre Dame have been peering down the viewfinder of Kilodegree Extremely Little T
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Using a relatively new 10-meter space telescope dubbed RadioAstron, along with data from various Earth-based observatori
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It was not long ago that NASA shared some incredible imagery of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, showing us stars cap
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently spent some time using the Hubble Space Telescope to capture a massive portrait of our own Milky Way galaxy
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are getting very excited over an opportunity to observe an impact by a comet or asteroid on the surface of J
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
As astronomers gaze into the distance, they sometimes get a chance to observe interesting things as they happen. One of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Nine monstrous stars have been discovered in a distant star cluster, which has been given the name R136, by the Hubble S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It seems like astronomers are able to detect new exoplanets somewhere in the universe every couple of weeks, and it cont
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s not very often that astronomers get the chance to observe a star exploding in space. In fact, it’s even
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
China is reportedly in the works of a new space telescope that could change the way we view the cosmos. Space technology
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard