optical telescope

  • What is a Pulsar?

    What is a Pulsar?

    Imagine you’re observing the sky with a radio telescope. Observing the faintest, lowest-energy photons the universe has to offer is your specialty. You study interstellar dust clouds, protostars, and lots more. One day, though, something interesting pops up in your…

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  • The Hubble Space Telescope

    The Hubble Space Telescope

    The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most famous telescopes in the world. Oops, excuse me — one of the most famous telescopes built. Hubble, after all, is certainly not in this world. Unless you call the universe the “world,”…

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