NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was launched nearly five years ago, and the first images it revealed made waves across the astronomical world. Those images are still among the most relevant pictures ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A potentially history-altering finding by a University of Limerick, Ireland, researcher may provide the world with the ‘most detailed technical analysis of a telescope provenly made’ by the famous ...

In recent decades, we've learned huge amounts about the universe and its history. The rapidly developing technology of telescopes—both on Earth and in space—has been a key part of this process, and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This collection consists of the oral ...

Detail of a handwritten manuscript page by Ignacio Muñoz, dated 1666, containing the final paragraph of the description of the aforementioned four-lens terrestrial telescope. Credit: Biblioteca ...