The urban astronomy movement #PopScope has set up telescopes on sidewalks that have brought 26,000 people closer to the night ...

The Vaonis Vespera II, priced at $1,590, redefines tabletop telescopes with its smart, automated design. Its 50mm aperture ...

A decade of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced the sharpest and most detailed images of the Andromeda ...

Compound, or catadioptric, telescopes combine lenses and mirrors for a compact option, suitable for both planetary and ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its groundbreaking 10-year astronomy mission.

How can you fairly compare one telescope to another? It's all in the (angular) resolution. The entire point of introducing telescopes into astronomy is to make distant things more visible.

Telescopes are not inherently better at looking into space than binoculars. Yes, astronomers’ telescopes, with their gigantic lenses and sturdy support systems, are more powerful than binoculars ...

LOS ANGELES — Amateur astronomer William Bianco doesn’t huddle over a backyard telescope to hunt for undiscovered planets. He logs onto his computer.

The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to its growing list.

But for older kids, or children who are already serious about astronomy, you might want to look at spending more: You can easily find a good quality telescope between $200-$300, sometimes less.

The day before my thesis examination, my friend and radio astronomer Joe Callingham showed me an image we'd been awaiting for ...

That's a telescope and the astronomer at Washburn, Jim Lattice, well, he turns to me, and he said, well, I'll look through it from the studios of Cincinnati public radio.