Today, astronauts are regular habitants in Earth’s orbit on the International Space Station. This continued presence in space for over 18 years would not have been possible for the boundaries pushed by the first space stations. July 2019 will mark the 40 years re-entry anniversary of one the first Earth’s orbit explorer: the Skylab Space…
DetailsCharles Messier is regarded as an integral pioneer in the domain of astronomy, having discovered and effectively catalogued various astronomical objects. His “Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d’Étoiles”, known today as the Messier Catalogue, is recognized as one of the most famous lists of astronomical objects. Charles Messier was born in France in 1730.…
DetailsWhat was your initial motivation for creating Unistellar? Classical telescopes are great for viewing the four main planets—Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn—but even expensive, high-end devices don’t allow us to see much beyond that, and totally miss the truly awe-inspiring colors and details of many deep-space objects. While astronomy remains hugely popular as a hobby,…
DetailsSan Francisco and Marseille, March 28. Unistellar, the company behind the revolutionary, consumer eVscope, announced today that it has successfully raised €2.1 million in seed financing. Brighteye Ventures, Europe’s leading EdTech-focused venture capital fund, participated in this investment round along several angel investors, each of whom brings important, high-profile experience to the company. Created in…
DetailsMarch 7, 2019, Mountain View, CA — The SETI Institute, a non-profit scientific institution located in Mountain View, CA and the French company Unistellar, located in Marseille, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will establish and enhance joint research, outreach and education activities aimed at developing the citizen science network on Unistellar telescopes.…
DetailsSan Francisco and Marseille, Feb. 27. Unistellar and its revolutionary consumer telescope are bringing the wonders of outer space to SXSW, the world’s largest gathering of creative professionals. As the only space-related project selected for the SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards, Unistellar is committed to show how everyone can contribute to a better understanding of our…
DetailsWe have just passed the pledge of our 1,500th telescope on our Kickstarter campaign. With such an amazing number of eVscopes soon to be in operation around the planet, our Campaign Mode and Citizen Science applications will be extraordinary exciting and revolutionary! Your support has brought us to this truly amazing moment, and all we can…
DetailsMarseille and San Francisco, Jan. 4. Just one month after completing an historic crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $3 million in pre-orders for its revolutionary digital telescope, Unistellar has moved its eVscope, to the industrial launch pad. The citizen-astronomy-focused start-up will celebrate this key event in its history by demonstrating the telescope at two…
DetailsLast year, the SETI Institute announced its exciting new partnership with Unistellar, a start-up developing the revolutionary new eVscope. Here is a press release published by the SETI Institute about this partnership. Last year, the SETI Institute announced its exciting new partnership with Unistellar, a start-up developing the revolutionary new eVscope whose chief scientific officer…
DetailsMarseille and San Francisco, August 24th. Because Pluto is moving away from Earth, it is crucial that we take advantage of every opportunity we get to learn about the dwarf planet’s behavior and atmosphere. Unistellar, the start-up that developed the revolutionary light-amplified eVscope, is proud to announce that its digital compact telescope successfully detected and…
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