The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting ...

These rugged, all-weather Celestron binoculars are perfect for wide-field stargazing and wildlife watching, and now they're ...

View the planets and night skies from home - Heavens above! Your guide to the best telescopes for stargazing, created for all ...

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016. Dr. Rubin’s work persuaded astronomers of the existence of dark ...

The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made. High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro ...

Scientists are deploying two telescopes to detect high-energy neutrinos, also known as ghost particles, under the Mediterranean Sea. The two telescopes are part of the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino ...

On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most powerful telescope humans have ever sent into space. It took 30 ...

The Celestron NexStar 4SE is ideal for beginners ... These prominent features are best seen using a refractor telescope with a long focal length (the distance from the objective lens to the ...

Celestron NexStar 4SE The Celestron NexStar 4SE is ideal ... These prominent features are best seen using a refractor telescope with a long focal length (the distance from the objective lens to the ...

Themiya Nanayakkara receives funding from Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship. Ivo Labbe receives funding from Australian Research Council in the form of a Future Fellowship.