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Telescope

  • Watch: Man sets up a telescope on New York street, draws crowd eager to catch a glimpse of Saturn

    Watch: Man sets up a telescope on New York street, draws crowd eager to catch a glimpse of Saturn

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 26, 2023 · 05:15 pm
  • James Webb Telescope: The largest space observatory may lead to discoveries not even imagined yet

    James Webb Telescope: The largest space observatory may lead to discoveries not even imagined yet

    Leigh Fletcher, The Conversation
    · Dec 21, 2021 · 11:30 pm
  • Construction of world’s highest planetarium to begin in Tibet next year, says Chinese state media

    Construction of world’s highest planetarium to begin in Tibet next year, says Chinese state media

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 05, 2017 · 05:18 pm
  • How many great minds does it take to invent a telescope?

    How many great minds does it take to invent a telescope?

    Thony Christie
    · Mar 31, 2017 · 11:30 pm
  • Opposition to Galileo was not just religious – it was scientific

    Opposition to Galileo was not just religious – it was scientific

    Christopher Graney
    · Nov 18, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • How we caught a glimpse of a supermassive black hole having a meal

    How we caught a glimpse of a supermassive black hole having a meal

    Timothy Davis, The Conversation
    · Jun 11, 2016 · 03:30 pm