The telescope began as a crude spyglass in the 1600s but quickly became the tool that redefined humanity’s place in the ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Though it looks like a cardboard tube that got left out in the rain, it's a priceless instrument whose owner changed the world. The mottled brown cylinder on display at The Franklin ...

The first telescopes, known as refracting telescopes, were built in the early 17th century by Dutch eyeglass makers. They employed a pair of lenses—one convex fitted at the end of the scope, and one ...

Scientist celebrated today for changing our view of the universe. Aug. 25, 2009 — -- Who invented the telescope? Not Galileo. Who first pointed it at the heavens? Again, it wasn't Galileo. So ...

Hans Lippershey's ingenious spyglass -- Galileo's new window on the heavens -- Johannes Kepler, the nearsighted wizard -- Isaac Newton's reflecting telescope -- William Herschel's giant reflectors -- ...

Galileo Galilei's 1610 telescopic observations of Saturn initially revealed features interpreted as two appended moons or lobes. Subsequent observations in 1612 showed the disappearance of these ...

For centuries, scientific progress has depended on more precise tools for measuring the world around us. Galileo’s telescope revealed Jupiter’s moons and shook the geocentric universe.

MIT is a world-renowned academic institution whose excellence in science, engineering, and discovery makes it a natural partner for us,” said Dr. Robert Shelton, President of the Giant Magellan ...