The Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope

The Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope is located on the plains of San Agustin, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Socorro, New Mexico, and is owned and operated by the National Radio 

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The Lovell Telescope

The University of Manchester's giant 76-metre (250ft) Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is probably the most famous working scientific instrument in the land and is widely regarded by the 

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Keck Telescope History

In 1985, Howard B. Keck of the W. M. Keck Foundation gave $70 million to fund the design and construction of the Keck I Telescope. The key advance that allowed the construction of the Keck's large telescopes was the ability to operate smaller mirror segments as

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Herschel Telescope History

Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009! It is the fourth `cornerstone' mission in the ESA science programme. With a 3.5 m Cassegrain telescope it is the largest space telescope ever launched. It is performing photometry

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Mission shows evolution of conditions at edge of solar system

New data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft reveal that conditions at the edge of our solar system  may be more dynamic than previously thought. Future exploration missions will benefit in design and mission objectives from a better understanding of the changing conditions in thisouter region of our solar system

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Hubble Space Telescope History

In 1962, the USA's National Academy of Sciences recommends building a large space telescope. In 1977, Congress votes to fund the project and construction of

Hubble Space Telescope begins.

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History of the Telescope - Binocular

Phoenicians cooking on sand discovered glass around 3500 BCE, but it took about 5,000 years more for glass to be shaped into a lens for the first telescope. A spectacle maker probably assembled the first telescope. Hans Lippershey (c1570-c1619) of Holland is often credited with the invention, but he almost certainly was not the first to make one. Lippershey was, however, the first to make the new device widely known.

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