Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016. Dr. Rubin’s work persuaded astronomers of the existence of dark ...

The "Coast-to-Coast Countdown to 2025" broadcast will air live on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, from 8:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. PT across 69 Nexstar-owned and partner stations, reaching more than 50 ...

The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made. High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro ...

Since its launch on Christmas Day, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has proven its worth year after year. 2024 is no exception. Here are just five times the ultrapowerful telescope has ...

The Celestron NexStar 4SE is ideal for beginners wanting ... amateur astronomers and astrophotographers using good backyard telescopes, as well as by professional astronomers using space-based ...

Day 25 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: the most distant known galaxy. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have found a record-breaking distant galaxy observed just 290 ...

Overall, this telescope is a great choice for beginning your celestial journey. It's affordable, lightweight and easy to navigate — and Celestron ... incorporates a manual focus adjustment ...

The Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ isn’t the most versatile telescope around, but if you only want to study the solar system it just about does the job for a low price When you purchase through ...

Not sold? Check out some more mid-range all-rounders in our Celestron Inspire 100AZ refractor vs Meade Polaris 114mm reflector telescope face-off. A quick look at the Celestron StarSense Explorer ...