We've rounded up the best telescopes for beginners, to suit a range of budgets. If you're thinking of taking up astronomy, January is absolutely the month to do it. Mars is at opposition ...

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A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace ...

We spoke with Foothill College astronomy instructor Geoff Mathews about ... why we could see more aurora borealis action on the Peninsula and the best ways to stargaze. This interview has been ...

AN Inverclyde stargazer captured an incredible shot of one of the planets in our solar system after setting up a telescope in his back garden. Astronomy expert Stephen ... then stacked the best 50 per ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered a planet so extraordinary it has defied all existing ...

The instrument is the Prime Focus Spectrograph, and it is one of the flagship instruments in the next era of the Subaru ...

A parade of planets is coming this January, but if you miss it, you can catch it in later months. Six planets in our solar ...

that's probably our best chance, So just in the 10 or 20 minutes after sunset." Daniel explained how a celestial body gets its unique name. "Comets are named after the telescope or person that ...

Coined the ‘parade of planets’, the special celestial event will occur just after sunset and will see six planets — Mars, ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the ... Image: ESA Stefan Payne-Wardenaar, scientist at Germany's House of Astronomy, said that the image ...