Explore Scientific is a company founded by former Meade Instruments Vice President of Brand Community Scott W. Roberts in 2008.

Headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, the company designs and manufactures telescopes, spotting scopes, binoculars, microscopes and other scientific devices.

[3] During the July 2008 annual Astronomical League Conference Awards banquet in Des Moines, Iowa, the launch of the company was announced by Scott Roberts.

[4][5] In 2009 Explore Scientific became the exclusive distributor of Bresser products in the United States and throughout the Americas.

[6] In 2010 Jinghua Optical Electronics Company (JOC) became a partner with Roberts, in 2014 all shares and assets of Explore Scientific LLC were acquired by JourneyNorth Inc. based in the USA.