Describes observations using balloons, rockets and satellites.

An overview of the history of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence using radio frequencies. Includes photos.

The history of telescopes.

Robert Woodrow Wilson Nobel Lecture.

The discovery of the binary pulsar.

The first hundred years, list of presidents, list of archived documents.

A rare celestial atlas discovered in the library of the Manchester Astronomical Society.

Discusses the development of reflective telescopes during the 1700's. Covers the different types of mirrors and lens that were used during these times. Includes some key contributors to the improvement of the telescope during this period.

Articles on astronomers, observatories, work performed and its significance from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries.

Article by Jane T. Tolbert in the Historian publication in 1999. Whereas Galileo sought to confront and embarrass the established Church, Peiresc worked from within clerical ranks with persuasion and tact.