a telescope is necessary for garnering any detail. When it comes to planets, long-focal-length instruments are your friend — my favorite for viewing planets is my Celestron 8-inch Schmidt ...

we've reviewed and tested the best telescopes for kids, which definitely aren't toys! Best for beginners Best for beginners A great scope for beginners, the Celestron NexStar 4SE is easy to use ...

Best overall Best overall The Celestron NexStar 8SE is no small investment, but this feels like a telescope that is really built to last, with edge-to-edge sharpness across the field of view and a ...

Image source: NASA The NASA Roman Space Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2027, is a next-generation space observatory that will be used to complement and outdo the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Credit: SA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez The James Webb Space Telescope might not have broken our understanding of the universe, after all. Previously, astronomers used Webb to spot ...

Of all the mysteries that the massive James Webb Space Telescope has seen so far in the early universe, one of the strangest are objects that astronomers now call "little red dots." Like the ...

THE present volume, which is to a great extent a reprint, is designed for the help and instruction of those who, possessing a small telescope, are at a loss as to how best to use it. On the whole ...

Telescopes are devices used to observe the universe. There are many different types and some are even sited in space. Optical telescopes close optical telescopeA device used to see distant objects ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows rich detail in a pair of star clusters 166,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), in the southern constellation Doradus. This striking Hubble ...