The best telescopes for various purposes and budgets — from beginner to smart telescopes and everything in between. Stargaze for less with some stellar Black Friday weekend telescope deals.

AS time passes and astronomical work advances there is a greater demand, year by year, for more powerful instruments of research. Fortunately, instrument makers have so far been able to fulfil the ...

The High Energy Stereoscopic System is a ground-based gamma-ray telescope in the highlands of Namibia and sensitive in the ...

Newton's reflecting telescope consisted of a single curved main mirror ... keeping it at a frosty -370 Fahrenheit. The actual ...

This type of mounting is a variation on the alt-azimuth design specially for Newtonian reflecting telescopes. These are available in simple manual push-pull design or fully computerized with ...

Nov. 12, 2024 — The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies.

At least until Zephraim Cochrane invents the warp drive, our best shot is looking into the deep sky through telescopes. Here's how they work—and how it's not always just about optics.

The Age of the Great Reflecting Telescopes The Age of the Great Reflecting Telescopes is well illustrated in this star atlas ...

The Subaru Telescope's wide and deep imaging observations are contributing information to the New Horizons spacecraft as it moves through the outer solar system. By applying a unique analysis ...

The Celestron NexStar 8SE is selling fast so this could be your last chance to save $300 on Live Science's top telescope this Black Friday weekend. When you purchase through links on our site ...