Which is better for astrophotography — a camera lens or a refractor telescope? Here’s a direct comparison to help you decide ...

The telescope began as a crude spyglass in the 1600s but quickly became the tool that redefined humanity’s place in the ...

After a year devoid of comets visible to the naked eye, two of the celestial entities — C/2025 A4 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 ...

After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA's US$10 ...

Two comets, C/2025 A4 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 (SWAN), are about to reach their closest approach to Earth and you can watch the ...

Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a ...

A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different wavelengths by the James ...

Now the nights are getting longer, it's the perfect time to start looking for your next telescope — especially with Black Friday taking place on November 28. When you purchase through links on our ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jean Mueller became Palomar Observatory’s first female telescope operator in 1985, breaking decades-old gender ...

Scientists have gotten a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons like the one orbiting Earth could potentially form. "Moons likely outnumber planets ...

WASHINGTON :NASA has tapped startup Katalyst to save a $500 million orbiting observatory from falling into Earth's atmosphere by launching a spacecraft meant to push it farther into space, NASA and ...