NASA
Science at Nasa: Science Casts: 600 Mysteries in the Night Sky
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope recently produced a map of the night sky. Out of 1873 new sources, nearly 600 were complete mysteries. In this week's ScienceCast, researchers speculate on the nature of the mystery objects - including...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: Telescopes
Host Phil Plait explains how telescopes work and offers up some astronomical shopping advice. In this episode, we learn how telescopes do two things: collect light, and increase our ability to resolve details. Learn the difference...
University of Nottingham
Sixty Symbols: Symbols of Physics and Astronomy: Telescope Diamater
University of Nottingham astronomers talk about telescope diameter, and how the size and quality of a telescope's mirror determine what we see when looking through it. Offers a look at the opportunities offered by the "Extremely Large...
PBS
Pbs: Nova Labs: Solar Space Telescopes
Take a safe peek into the sun with this short piece about how scientists are using solar space telescopes to study our closest star. [3:50]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Alma Seeing the Universe in a Whole New Light
Take a peek though the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array telescope, or ALMA, and find out the scientific possibilities of this technology. [2:30]
Crash Course
Crash Course Astronomy #6: Telescopes
Phil Plait explains how telescopes work and offers up some astronomical shopping advice in this Crash Course episode.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Moon Craters
Explore why the moon looks the way it does. Watch kids use the scientific method to learn how craters form.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ways of Knowing Introduction to Cosmology
The history of the Universe decorates the night sky. Learn how to watch this history by studying cosmic light emissions. [6:22]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Solar Space Telescopes
"Get to know the technologies behind three key missions that are driving the most exciting and productive era in the history of solar research." [3:51]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Funding for James Webb Space Telescope in Jeopardy
A bill approved by the House Committee on Appropriations cuts funding for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in 2012. (The bill has not yet been approved by the full House and Senate). Ira Flatow and guests discuss the status of the...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Invention of the Telescope
We'll look back on 400 years of telescopes.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Touching the Invisible Sky
A book in Braille tries to make images from NASA space telescopes accessible to the visually impaired.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: South Pole Telescope
Check in on researchers who are using a new telescope in Antarctica to probe the edges of the universe. Find out what the researchers hope to find, and why the South Pole is a good place to do astronomy.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Space Telescope Reawakened for an Asteroid Hunt
NASA will give the dormant WISE space telescope a new task, enlisting it in the hunt for near-Earth asteroids.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: James Webb Space Telescope Wings It
The telescope's massive mirror will unfurl on a newly completed set of wings.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Bill Nye the Science Guy Answers: Do You Own a Telescope?
Watch and learn as Bill Nye the Science Guy discusses the stars and planets he looks at with his telescope. [:40]