Getting your first telescope should feel exciting, not frustrating. If I avoid a few common beginner mistakes, I can turn ...

Our beginner-friendly guide helps you get familiar with the moon, Jupiter, nebulas and galaxies this Christmas.

Go outside right now. What’s the farthest thing you can see? A tree? A bird? What about the Moon? It’s 250,000 miles away. The Sun is 400 times farther than that, at nearly 100 million miles (but ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Night sky watcher Daniel Lanpher sent in a photo of his son, Wes, learning to use the family's ...

A zero pressure NASA balloon in Antarctica of the type that could be used by the LSU-led team would use to study nearby red dwarf stars. Some 75 percent of all stars in the solar neighborhood are ...

The Library Telescope Program began in 2008 and was launched by the New Hampshire Astronomical Society (NHAS) in an effort to make telescopes more accessible to the public. “NHA ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news when it was confirmed to be the 3rd-ever object observed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. Though the object poses no threat to Earth, astronomers ...

The JWST could see a 25-35% reduction in operations, and some Hubble instruments may have to fend for themselves. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...