Larger aperture telescopes show brighter, clearer images. Different telescope types (refractor, reflector, compound) offer various pros and cons regarding cost, maintenance, and image quality. A ...

Buying a telescope is a big step, especially if you’re not sure what all those terms — f/ratio, magnification, go-to — mean. So, to eliminate confusion and make sure you understand what you’re buying, ...

Asteroids have long been described as the leftover pieces from the solar system’s early construction. They are like the screws, sawdust, and scraps left behind after a house is built, drifting through ...

Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you ...

The highest-resolution images of a solar flare captured at the H-alpha wavelength (656.28 nm) ever captured may reshape how we understand the sun's magnetic architecture—and improve space weather ...

So many fascinating pictures of space don’t actually come from NASA or even a satellite. They come from someone with a telescope and a camera. Astro photography is a cool hobby, but it can be ...

Astronomers have used recent observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of the nearby exoplanet WASP-107b. Peering deep into the fluffy atmosphere of WASP-107b they ...

On July 1, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected what was first believed to be an asteroid. As ...