RADIO Radio telescopes detect noise from radio wavelengths in space. It turns out that objects in space give off radio noise. These telescopes are able to listen to all this noise and process it into information for researchers to study. A radio telescope can produce a picture from an object it is listening to […]
Here is a look at some of the major milestones in the advancement of telescopes through the last four centuries. The 1600s 1608 — Hans Lippershey, a German-Dutch lensmaker once said that he wanted to make an instrument “for seeing things far away as they were nearby.” He was the first person to ever think […]
Humans have been studying the night sky since the beginning of time. Different civilizations had their own beliefs and their own way of mapping the stars in the sky. They would build large structures and monuments that would line up with the stars at certain times of the year. These were their calendars. They followed […]
Three, two, one…Blast off! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go up into space? What it would be like to see the Solar System without the need for a telescope? What do you think it would be like? Some have been able to answer these questions and these people are called […]
Quasars are extremely distant objects in our known universe. They are the furthest objects away from our galaxy that can be seen. Quasars are extremely bright masses of energy and light. The name quasar is actually short for quasi-stellar radio source or quasi-stellar object. Quasars are the brightest objects in our universe, although to see […]
When you look at the night sky you can see many beautiful stars. If you are out in the country or camping in the mountains or the desert away from the city lights, you may see thousands of them. You may even be able to see part of the Milky Way. In a town or […]
Ever wondered where stars are made? Well, now you are about to find out! Just where these hot balls of gas start their lives begins in what astronomers call a nebula (plural: nebulae) and they are basically the nurseries of the Universe. Do you remember when your parents first took you to nursery? Do […]
There are billions of Galaxies in the Universe. Some are very small with only a few million stars. While others could have as many as 400 billion stars, or even more. There are three kinds of Galaxies, Spiral, Elliptical, and Irregular. The only difference between the three is what shape they are. Spiral The most […]
Have you ever heard of a black hole? You might well have done. But we are not talking about a hole in the ground, we are talking about the ones that astronomers believe exist in our gigantic Universe. Despite their name, scientists believe that there is a lot more to these objects. So what exactly […]
What are black holes? Have you ever had to vacuum your bedroom? When you do, watch closely because you will see the dirt and crumbs start to move towards the vacuum cleaner. A black hole is similar to a vacuum cleaner, cleaning up debris left behind in outer space. However, it is not suction power […]
