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A beginner’s guide to observing the night sky with a manual telescope

A telescope can help you explore the night sky, but only if you know how to use it.

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My brother was given his very first telescope when he was 7 years old. It’s a pity he died in 2018, he’d have loved seeing this one come to fruition. eso.org...

Is the Nocs Provisions Lite View spotting scope a good alternative to a traditional telescope?

A compact spotting scope delivering detailed views of the moon and bright star clusters.

Why the Roman Telescope Is Bound For a Cosmic Sweet Spot Far Beyond the Moon

Learn how L2 will give NASA’s Roman Space Telescope the stable temperatures and open view it needs to observe the universe.

NASA’s Roman Telescope Launches Into Space

NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday. It will chart galaxies and black holes with a new level of precision, allowing astronomers to study the dark universe...

The Telescope That Points Itself

Time on a large professional telescope is one of the scarcest resources in science. Astronomers wait months for a few hours, and every one of those hours is a running argument with...

The Roman Telescope promises a new era of cosmic exploration

The 1980s were both exhilarating and puzzling for those grasping at the nature of space and time. Astronomers knew the universe was vast and expanding, but fundamental mysteries re...

I Tried 2 Budget Smart Telescopes: How They Make the Stars Your New Hobby

Getting an affordable smart telescope, like the Dwarf Mini or Seestar S30, is easier and more rewarding than I thought.

Mirror donated by spies, Red Fort-sized photos: Why Nasa's new telescope is special

NASA has successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman telescope, a cutting-edge space observatory equipped with mirrors provided by the National Reconnaissance Office. Unlike Hubble...

ZWO Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope review

A compact, automated smart telescope with a higher resolution upgrade

Cheaper than Prime Day, this super-portable, beginner-friendly telescope is my number one choice for skywatching

20% off at Amazon, the Celestron FirstScope is the telescope I grab for quick stargazing sessions and it's ideal for beginners and kids too.

Observers Beware: Reflect Orbital’s Space Mirrors Approved for Launch

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the launch of Reflect Orbital's Earendil 1 satellite — a space mirror 18 meters wide designed to reflect sunlight to the gr...

How to safely observe eclipses and the solar surface with a smart telescope

Solar observation is easy with a smart telescope like the Unistellar eQuinox 2 and the matching filter, meaning you can capture it with no stress on big events like the Aug. 12 tot...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Promises a Breakthrough in Cosmic Exploration

NASA’s latest offering to the stars comes from a legacy of great observatories that enabled decades of discovery and unearthed new mysteries about the universe.

Nine Hundred Telescopes and One Chance a Year

Reading the atmosphere of another world means catching starlight as it filters through that planet's air during a transit. The signal is about one part in a million and a true Eart...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope’s Roman Telescope Leaves Earth to Chart the Stars

Astronomers will use data collected by Roman’s wide, deep gaze to study the dark universe and hunt for new worlds.

‘Galactic Shepherd’ to view eclipse in DIY observatory

Vaonis’ Newest Smart Telescopes Look Stellar

While the news flew under my radar a bit, Vaonis recently unveiled its next generation of smart telescopes for astrophotographers: the Vespera 3 and the Vespera Pro 2. Each smart t...

A $700 Smart Telescope vs. a $4,000 Milky Way Rig: Which Wins?

A $700 smart telescope and a $4,000 traditional rig pointed at the same patch of sky on the same night in northern New Mexico, and the gap between them was smaller than the price t...

First AI-driven telescope goes stargazing

Every night, astronomers must carefully assess changing weather, the intensity of moonlight and shifting atmospheric conditions before deciding where to point a telescope. It's a c...

Telescope equipped with German technology launched into space

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman space telescope is to explore dark matter, among other things. The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg is playing an important role.

Where is the Roman Telescope in space?

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is headed toward a Lagrange point, a critical position in outer space where gravitational forces behave in specific ways

Roman telescope aims to directly image exoplanets 1,000 times fainter than current limits

The Roman Space Telescope is designed to directly image exoplanets using complex optomechanical systems developed by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

NASA's Roman Space Telescope launches with BAE Systems-built scientific instruments

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is the latest NASA astrophysics flagship observatory supported by BAE Systems, following Hubble and Webb