Getting your first telescope should feel exciting, not frustrating. If I avoid a few common beginner mistakes, I can turn ...

DULUTH — Did you receive a telescope as a holiday gift? Even if it was years ago and that instrument is now hidden away in an attic, consider taking it out again. There are all sorts of wonderful ...

There’s nothing like looking at the night sky to remind you how small you are in the scheme of the universe. If you want to get a closer look at the wonders outside Earth’s atmosphere, a telescope is ...

For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a ...

New Technology Brings Space Telescope Image Quality Down to Earth, Offering Astronomical Image Clarity Never Seen Before The next generation of adaptive optics has arrived at the Large Binocular ...

The above photo of Saturn was taken by 15-year-old Marcus Reed of Seaford, East Sussex. He captured the image, planet, rings and all, at 4am in his backyard using a 102mm diameter reflector telescope ...