Tag: telescopes
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Yerkes Observatory: 1897-2018
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] A few years ago, I visited Yerkes Observatory while driving across the country to gather material for a book that never came to fruition. It’s a marvelous relic of…
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Designing space telescopes the size of a dinner plate
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Could Future Telescopes Do Without the Mirror? Tomorrow’s Hubble might be the size of a dinner plate. For Air & Space Magazine: Today’s telescopes can see better and farther…
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