Thinking about buying a new telescope? Don’t make a decision before watching this full explanation! Discover all the ...

Few things bring about a "wow" than a closer view of the moon's crater or seeing Jupiter's moons or Saturn's rings with your own eyes for the first time. If you are planning to put a telescope under ...

Over the years of writing this column and putting on astronomy and stargazing presentations, I’ve received inquiries from many nice folks about purchasing a telescope for themselves or that special ...

With excitement about the upcoming solar flyby of Comet ISON now approaching a fever pitch, I recently thought about a similar scenario that took place back in 1985 with the approach of Halley’s Comet ...

Researchers design CubeSats with lasers to provide steady reference light for telescopes investigating distant planets. There are more than 3,900 confirmed planets beyond our solar system. Most of ...

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