Telescope

[Music plays] (Narrator) Take a telescope, terrific for looking at things which are just a wee bit far away as long as there's nothing in the way. The bigger the telescope the further it can...

You can see a little bit of wear in the gears here where the gear teeth have become sharp, so that indicates to me that this has had a fairly good working life during its original operation. But...

Hubble has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672. This remarkable image provides a high-definition view of the galaxy’s large bar, its fields of star-forming clouds...

The places where stars and planets are born are among the galaxy's most beautiful locales. These cosmic landscapes change as new generations of stars light up and disperse their birth cloud....

[ Sound Effects ] High tech repairs, in space. [ Sound Effects ] "Discovery go for Hubble release" My role with the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission Team was EVA Manager. EVA...

Thousands of new space objects revealed. Using the new Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), scientists from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have been able to detect...

What we've done is used plastic beads to take away the paint layers which were put on during the recent restoration processes of the telescope. What we can see here is remnants of the top...

There are some exciting things happening in the field of amateur astronomy. Big toys that the big boys use to use are now trickling down and becoming affordable for us guys. Such things as very high...

[ Music ] >> The University of Chicago, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics has led the world in the exploration of the cosmos. In 1893, George Ellery Hale, the father of American...

Humans have always been drawn to the mysteries of the night sky. On clear nights we can see thousands of stars and galaxies with our naked eyes alone. Optical telescopes have allowed us to see...