Well, any of us who has ever looked through a telescope could say the same, for the two principal types in use today were developed by giants: the refractor by Galileo and the reflector by Newton.

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Telescopes are devices used to observe the universe. There are many different types and some are even sited in space. Optical telescopes close optical telescopeA device used to see distant objects ...

They look like blobs of stars and are usually smaller than the other types of galaxies. From the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere, you can see two irregular galaxies in the sky without a telescope.

The next great space telescope will study distant galaxies and faraway planets from an orbital outpost about a million miles from Earth. But first it has to be put together, piece by piece ...