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These are original flight components for the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT), one of the major components of the ASTRO mission that flew twice in space, first on Columbia from 2 - 10 December 1990 ...

The invention of the reflector telescope stretches back to Isaac Newton in the 17th Century. Typically, the reflecting telescope allows for larger apertures. This means a greater amount of light ...

I enjoyed being the focus of my friends’envy when I had the opportunity to field test StarStructure Telescopes’ 12.5-inch f/4.8 Dobsonian-mounted, truss-tube reflecting telescope.

It is nearly four times larger than the largest operational reflecting telescopes in the world. The Europeans are in a contest, of sorts, with other very large telescope construction projects.

It’s pretty easy to imagine carving glass to make parts for a piece of technology. We see them everyday–in eyeglasses, in microscopes in high school chemistry classes, and even in most telescopes.

However, the real secret sauce of the telescope is its camera—the automobile-sized Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera—which has a resolution of 3,200 megapixels. Which is rather a lot .

Located in a natural valley of Southwest China's Guizhou province, the 500-meter aperture spherical radio telescope, known as the FAST Project, had its first reflecting unit installed in early August.

The reflecting telescope made by William Herschel is made of wood. SSPL/Getty Images Located around 100 miles west of London, fast-growing Bath had a lively intellectual scene at the time.

Sep 22, 2014: The first photographs taken with telescope made by 3D printing (Nanowerk News) The University of Sheffield has released the very first photos of space ever taken with a telescope that ...