During its 35 years of orbiting the Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope has transmitted endless streams of magnificent images, confirmed the existence of "dark matter," and helped track a vagabond ...

Just how powerful is the world's most powerful telescope? Let's start with the human eye. The human eye has an angular resolution of about 1 arcminute. That's pretty impressive. Take a circle ...

He also acquired a fairly high quality 4-inch Maksutov telescope and took it on trips to Aruba, Canada and Hawaii to view solar eclipses. It became his sole telescopic companion for the next 25 years.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of the Messier 83 galaxy. Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument detected highly ...

A NASA space telescope on a mission to map millions of galaxies has turned on its detectors for the first time, capturing images of tens of thousands of stars and galaxies. The SPHEREx ...

The next great space telescope will study distant galaxies and faraway planets from an orbital outpost about a million miles from Earth. But first it has to be put together, piece by piece ...

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 ...

This ASCOM driver should work for all models of the LX200 Classic telescopes, namely the 7" Maksutov-Cassegrain, the 8", 10", 12" and 16" F10, and the 8" and 10" F6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes.

If the James Webb telescope was 10 times more powerful, could we see the beginning of time? - Sam H., age 12, Prosper, Texas The telescope design was a global effort, led by NASA, and intended to ...

It’s nearly the home stretch for the James Webb Space Telescope. If all goes well, the multi-billion dollar scientific instrument will finally launch to space in a matter of days and will stand ...