Tom Noe often holds concerts on his homestead outside Wylie. He sings inspirational songs, though not the kind you might think. The former Texas Instruments semiconductor engineer sings songs ...

200 years before Queen’s Brian May became an astrophysicist, William and Caroline Herschel set aside their musical instruments to build telescopes and discover comets, galaxies—and even a planet.

For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a reflecting ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The first telescopes, known as refracting telescopes, were built ...