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For nature watchers and low-light observers, does the premium-priced, premium build Leica APO-Televid 65 deliver the goods?
A decade of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced the sharpest and most detailed images of the Andromeda ...
As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark energy and cosmic phenomena that go “bang!” The telescope mount ...
NASA has just released a new documentary about the most powerful space telescope ever built, and you can watch it now.
A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a reality by the 2030s, researchers say. The ambitious project will help ...
Telescopes perched on Mount Graham, Mount Lemmon, Mount Bigelow, Kitt Peak and on Mount Hopkins were all at least potentially threatened during this season’s wave of wildfires.
Telescopes are great tools for observing the heavens, or even surrounding landscapes if you have the right vantage point. You don’t have to be a professional to build one though; you can make… ...
Hubble Space Telescope's 35th anniversary: See NASA's new out-of-this-world images The Hubble Space Telescope, launched 35 years ago, has blown our minds with its striking images of far-away ...
Extraordinary images from the Euclid space telescope have captured 26 million galaxies, some as far off as 10.5 billion light years. Euclid was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in July ...
Here, we look at the best telescope mounts (and, when called for, tripods) for all of your needs—from our best overall, the Celestron Advanced VX —to some of the best value mounts you can find.
A quick inspection of the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) revealed no obvious damage from the Frye Fire, whose flames had come perilously close as firefighters dropped slurry and set ...