The Vaonis Vespera II, priced at $1,590, redefines tabletop telescopes with its smart, automated design. Its 50mm aperture ...

Compound, or catadioptric, telescopes combine lenses and mirrors for a compact option, suitable for both planetary and ...

Start exploring the night sky with our top picks for beginner-friendly telescopes. Tested for clarity, ease of use and build quality, these are our favorite models to learn astronomy.

Refractor telescopes use a glass objective lens to focus light at the eyepiece and tend to be smaller in size, which is great for portability but not as great for aperture, according to Adams ...

VLBI arrays can look for sky objects invisible by most other means. With arrays of multiple far-flung telescopes, the effective aperture of these arrays is as large as the distance between telescopes.

The world's largest telescope is almost as big as your house—and it’s unlocking the universe’s biggest mysteries.

A monocular lens might stretch to a 50mm objective lens and occasionally more, but that’s about where telescopes start, with a beginner’s telescope typically offering an aperture of between ...

Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), or the "China Sky Eye", Chinese and international ...

Finally! The telescope you’ve wanted HAS ARRIVED! Maybe it’s your first; maybe it’s your fourth. Maybe, like some of us, it’s your 23rd. A clear night comes, you set it up under the stars ...

Early risers are in for a celestial treat on July 5, when Venus appears as a bright 'morning star' alongside the magnificent ...