Telescopes: Part II

Welcome back! When we left off last time, we had just finished discussing the plethora of Earth-based scopes–namely, the types of backyard telescopes (refracting and reflecting) as well as the larger, more inventive and daring radio telescopes, that are...

Telescopes: Part I

  Telescopes are, quite literally, eyepieces into the past. Because of the nature of light, it takes time to reach our eyes from the source, which can often be millions of miles away. It is an awe-inspiring revelation for many that we are actually looking back in...