Astronomers studying the most distant and rarest objects in the universe have long been constrained by a simple problem: the ...

I stuck to my "no telescope" rule for years, right up until a trip to New Brunswick's dark-sky corridor a few years ago, when ...

Unistellar has kicked off its Father's Day sale and has slashed 15% off its entire range of smart telescopes, backpacks and ...

A lightweight new X-ray telescope could finally give scientists something they’ve never had before: a complete chemical map ...

Astrophotography has shifted from a niche pursuit to a mainstream hobby, and the telescope you choose now matters as much as the camera you bolt onto it. The best instruments balance sharp optics, ...

For centuries man has been gazing at the stars, noting various anomalies, admiring their beauty, and exploring the vast expanse. Telescopes are generally the tool of choice for stargazing, and even ...

Imagine having a telescope that could see almost 14 billion years back in time to when the universe was just forming. There is a project underway called CMB-S4 that plans to build two next-generation ...

The Moon’s surface has been sampled, scanned, and photographed for decades, yet one of the most basic questions about it ...

Data gathered by scientists at the Square Kilometre Array has resulted in a new "map" detailing the magnetic web of our ...

Magnetic fields are a fundamental part of the universe. They govern how small particles – the building blocks of planets, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. When you think of a telescope, you think of an enormous long ...

With 263 antennas spread across the U.S. and Mexico, the Next Generation Very Large Array, would join a new wave of radio astronomy.