The article discusses three main telescope types: refractors (best for bright objects, portable), reflectors (best for faint objects, larger apertures), and catadioptrics (compromise between aperture ...

Get this high-def monocular for bird watching, hunting, camping, concerts, or whatever you want to zoom in on before the ...

The Santa Monica College John Drescher Planetarium will present special feature shows in May with tips on where to find star parties and how to be a welcome guest at them, a telescope viewing session ...

Join Reel Science at the Long Center for an evening of science discovery, film and telescope viewing during the Geminids meteor shower. From directors Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer, “Fireball” ...

The best solar telescopes give you close-up views of our star without damaging your eyes. Black Friday arrives this week and could slash prices. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The Celestron NexStar 8 SE telescope has been reduced from $1,699 to just $1,499, with Amazon offering a rarely seen discount for those in the market for one of the best telescopes on the market. This ...

Whenever news of a rare celestial event makes the headlines - be it a passing comet, meteor shower or a parade of planets - it makes one wish for two things: a telescope and a pitch-black garden to ...

There's a class of objects journeying around our solar system dubbed "centaurs." They don't come near Earth, but NASA just zoomed in on one with the powerful James Webb Space Telescope. The centaurs ...

A new trick with light has now helped capture the sharpest-ever measurement of a disk around a nearby star, beta Canis ...

Kitt Peak National Observatory is installing a new telescope exclusively for public viewing, expanding its popular nightly observing program by nearly half. The 16-inch optical telescope, built in ...

Maybe you have had a casual interest in astronomy for years, looking up at the night sky every chance you get. Or maybe you’ve just recently become interested in the wonders hanging high above our ...