Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...

In a remarkable feat of amateur astrophotography, Michele Hernandez Bayliss, a Vermont-based astronomer, has managed to ...

The celebrated English scientist Sir Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643, in a small village in England named ...

Back then, most amateurs used reedy telescopes like my 2.4-inch refractor. A 12-inch reflector ... such inexpensive materials that you could build or buy a big Dobsonian for the cost of a small ...

The RedCat 91 is a well-crafted astronomical imaging refractor that is easily portable, with a machined aluminum finish and ...

If you're looking to try your hand at astronomy, or you want a small telescope with a quality build to view upcoming night sky events, like the Lyrid Meteor Shower, then you might want to consider ...

If you're tired of lugging your massive telescope to dark sky sites to observe the night sky, these small telescopes are much ...

Travel easily with the best small telescopes for observing when going on location or sharing with friends and family: Spot the moon, stars, galaxies and more Whether you're a beginner stargazer or ...

There are a wide range of telescope types available to buy, and some can cost thousands of pounds. However, there are budget-priced alternatives – most are either refractor or reflector models. Keep ...

The way to be certain is to observe the planet directly, but that would take a space telescope with a mirror 3–4 times that of Webb. Back in 2002, NASA proposed just such a mission. Called the ...

Telescopes are fun to point around the sky, but they’re even better when you have some idea of what you’re actually looking at. Experienced sky-gazers love nothing more than whipping out some ...