With so many ways to view the night sky, your choices for beginner telescopes can seem overwhelming. Considerations like aperture, mount type, build quality, and basic design are important, according ...

With the 2012 holiday season coming into its "home stretch," many people may be seriously considering the purchase of a ...

When you look at the night sky, do you ever wonder what's going on out there? On a clear night with a dark sky, if moonlight doesn't wash it out, sometimes you can see the arc of the Milky Way. The ...

Here is everything I saw with a smart telescope in a light-polluted city including galaxies, nebulas and star clusters.

Jacob Payne, a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Iowa’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, ...

Using a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, it might be possible to use the sun as a gigantic telescope to peer deep into space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The scientists who eventually get to peer out at the universe with NASA's powerful new James Webb Space Telescope will be the lucky ones whose research proposals made it through a highly competitive ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Night sky watcher Daniel Lanpher sent in a photo of his son, Wes, learning to use the family's ...