This museum provides numerous online exhibits about everything from the science of sports to the Hubble Telescope. Each exhibit includes learning ideas, fun activities, articles, and learning games.

In this unit you will learn the main advantages and disadvantages offered by the refractor and reflector telescopes for a particular observation. You will also learn about the main types of telescopes.

Paranal Observatory is an astronomical observatory operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). It is located in high on a mountain in the Chilean desert. Although the site is geared toward the professional astronomer, you can...

Young scholars explore Mars and Jupiter, the fourth and fifth planets from the Sun. They learn some of the unique characteristics of these planets. They also learn how engineers help us learn about these planets with the design and...

Lenses are precisely shaped pieces of glass that have been developed and used in corrective glasses, telescopes, microscopes, binoculars, and magnifying glasses. They can be convex or concave. Links are provided to a video an a test.

At this site from HubbleSite provides information on how Edwin Hubble (1889?1953 CE) made some of the most important discoveries in modern astronomy. Learn about them as well as the invention of the Hubble Space Telescope. Open 'Who was...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How technology and science are related and how they help each other advance.

Space can be explored in many different ways. Read about space exploration and click on the topics on the right margin to find out how man finds out about his universe.

PBS site asks users to imagine that they are stranded on a tropical island. Provides experiments for users to calculate time at night and to identify what is in the night sky.

Read about the history of the Yerkes Observatory, which was run by the University of Chicago. This observatory houses one of the few research grade refractors in the world. The observatory was closed in October 2018 and discussions were...

From ABC News in Science, Will Dunham's article explores issues related to the James Webb Space Telescope which is scheduled to be the successor of the current Hubble Space Telescope.

On this site, you will find information and images pertaining to the primary mirror, launch, and deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope. The information is presented in text and audio format.

Learn about the Two Micron All Sky Survey project, in which telescopes and observatories scan the sky for infrared radiation in order to learn more about the Milky Way galaxy. The infrared spectrum is described and its importance to...

This page provides images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

From ABC News in Science, this article (from November of 2006) discusses details related to the final NASA mission to repair and update the now somewhat aged Hubble telescope.

Changes in the atmosphere of Neptune as recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope.

This site is from Hubblesite provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This site provides NASA Hubble Space Telescope snapshots of Saturn with its rings barely visible. A good site to check out on the subject.

This site is provided by HubbleSite from NASA. "Telescopes around the world are beginning to harvest new clues to the origin and evolution of the universe's largest building blocks, the galaxies." Site offers links to images, video,...

"First to use a telescope to overserve the starts and planets," Galileo Galilei secretly published his work, which contradicted the Catholic Church's teachings. Use this site to learn about how Galileo's independence and courage made him...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is intended to give a brief description of 4 people who contributed to the understanding of light through the use of microscopes and telescopes: Leeuwenhoek, Hooke, Galilei, and Newton.

Brief biographical sketch of Galileo Galilei, famous scientist and astronomer whose discoveries include the Tower of Pisa Experiment and the Galilean Telescope.

Brief biographical sketch of Isaac Newton, famous scientist whose discoveries include the law of gravitation, three laws of motion, reflective telescope, and calculus.

The Hubble space telescope uses some very basic physics to turn itself around and look at different parts of the sky. Learn about the gyroscopes that Hubble uses and the different spacecraft systems Hubble employs on its missions.

Space Telescope Science Institute operates the Hubble Space Telescope Observatory. Their homepage includes fabulous images from the Hubble Space Telescope as well as a great overview of the Hubble Space Telescope. Also includes resources...