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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 15, 2016Chemistry & Physics
When the core of a massive star collapses, it can eject a jet of gas into space at nearly the speed of light. Collisions ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 04, 2016Space & Astronomy
Although the Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched into outer space in the 1990’s, is being set to be replace ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
We’re getting closer to Saturday, March 5th, and that means the asteroid known as 2013 TX68 is getting closer too. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which was originally launched to perform the duties it does today in 1990, is still ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2016Space & Astronomy
You can never have too powerful of a telescope, and now NASA is working on its next future exploration project – t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 18, 2016Videos
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next major space telescope that will be launched, and it will be the successor of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
On Wednesday, Japan has launched a new H-IIA rocket into space from the country’s Tanegashima Space Centre, which ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next major step up in space observation that will replace the Hubble Space Telesco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
On March 5th, we can expect yet another close encounter with an asteroid. It will be a relatively small one, but asteroi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
Black holes continue to be one the most misunderstood objects in our universe, mostly because they’re difficult to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the advanced upcoming successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that was launched in the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 19, 2016Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
For the next month, sky gazers will get the opportunity see a rare event in the sky just before the crack of dawn each m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
A supernova is a rare event where a star nearing the end of its life explodes into a massive burst of bright light. Some ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
When the American Astronomical Society met recently in Florida, there was a great deal of attention surrounding a partic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA is on a mission to protect the Earth from future dangers of asteroid and comet impacts, and as a part of this movem ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
In a very notable event related to astronomy, a black hole has been observed emitting visible light with just a basic 20 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 06, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Until recently astronomers thought only a small percentage of stars have strong magnetic fields, but a new way to probe ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
It’s not every day that you get to see two galaxies collide somewhere in the middle of the universe. It’s a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 02, 2016Videos
Space exploration in 2015 was far from empty-handed. We learned a lot about various plants in our solar system last year ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 17, 2015Space & Astronomy
In a recent rare opportunity, scientists have managed to, for the first time, capture a predicted supernova in outer spa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
There have been a lot of discoveries made far and near in our universe by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The disco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
Scientists are paying close attention to the HD 106906 system, a relatively distant and young system in which lies a you ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
In China, the world’s largest radio telescope, dubbed the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) p ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
When the core of a massive star collapses, it can eject a jet of gas into space at nearly the speed of light. Collisions
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Although the Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched into outer space in the 1990’s, is being set to be replace
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
We’re getting closer to Saturday, March 5th, and that means the asteroid known as 2013 TX68 is getting closer too.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which was originally launched to perform the duties it does today in 1990, is still
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2016
Space & Astronomy
You can never have too powerful of a telescope, and now NASA is working on its next future exploration project – t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2016
Videos
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next major space telescope that will be launched, and it will be the successor of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On Wednesday, Japan has launched a new H-IIA rocket into space from the country’s Tanegashima Space Centre, which
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next major step up in space observation that will replace the Hubble Space Telesco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 08, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On March 5th, we can expect yet another close encounter with an asteroid. It will be a relatively small one, but asteroi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Black holes continue to be one the most misunderstood objects in our universe, mostly because they’re difficult to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the advanced upcoming successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that was launched in the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 19, 2016
Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
For the next month, sky gazers will get the opportunity see a rare event in the sky just before the crack of dawn each m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A supernova is a rare event where a star nearing the end of its life explodes into a massive burst of bright light. Some
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
When the American Astronomical Society met recently in Florida, there was a great deal of attention surrounding a partic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA is on a mission to protect the Earth from future dangers of asteroid and comet impacts, and as a part of this movem
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In a very notable event related to astronomy, a black hole has been observed emitting visible light with just a basic 20
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Until recently astronomers thought only a small percentage of stars have strong magnetic fields, but a new way to probe
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s not every day that you get to see two galaxies collide somewhere in the middle of the universe. It’s a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 02, 2016
Videos
Space exploration in 2015 was far from empty-handed. We learned a lot about various plants in our solar system last year
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 17, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In a recent rare opportunity, scientists have managed to, for the first time, capture a predicted supernova in outer spa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
There have been a lot of discoveries made far and near in our universe by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The disco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are paying close attention to the HD 106906 system, a relatively distant and young system in which lies a you
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In China, the world’s largest radio telescope, dubbed the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) p
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard