Most Planets Have No Known Date of First Observation . Before we begin, I want you to imagine a clear night sky you've ...

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For centuries, telescopes have relied on curved lenses and mirrors to observe the Universe. A team of researchers has recently developed a flat, lightweight lens capable of capturing precise color ...

Though still only in the prototype stage, this flat lens could one day be used on space telescopes, and perhaps even on ...

Making the far near The invention that set the stage for the telescope was the eyeglass, which appeared in the mid-13th century. The first spectacles, designed to correct farsightedness ...

Its distance is 1500 light years, meaning that the light we see from it left more than a thousand years before the invention of the telescope. The farther away an object in space lies, the longer ...

New optical technologies have revolutionized astronomy, from the invention of the telescope 400 years ago to more recent developments of adaptive optics and segmented mirrors. The next disruptive ...

Bitz & Bob send young space enthusiast Lillie off on an adventure to find out all about the invention of the telescope! She’s joined by astronomer Isabelle at the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory ...

In use for a year-and-a-half on the Harvard College Observatory's 60-foot radio telescope ... recognition and encouragement of scientific invention." Tonight's medal recipients will include ...

For centuries, telescopes have relied on curved lenses and mirrors to observe the Universe. A team of researchers has recently developed a flat, lightweight lens capable of capturing precise color ...