Why build a telescope? YOLO, as the kids say. Having decided that, one must decide what type of far-seer one will construct.

Recently, the international astronomical community celebrated a breakthrough development—the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration released the latest observational results of the supermassive ...

Moroccan astrophysicist Meriem Elyajouri has made history as the first Moroccan woman to join the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), the operations center for NASA’s flagship space missions, ...

A small missed detail can lead to major issues with your telescope. In this video, I show you the key focuser screws you need ...

Mathematicians calculated where the planet might be based on its effects on Uranus, and astronomers searched for less than an ...

Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton is that kind of place – a celestial treasure perched above Silicon Valley that somehow remains off the radar for many Californians despite being one of the most ...

The research center that Lick’s fortune helped create has a visitors center and gift shop open Saturday and Sunday from noon ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope cannot observe Earth directly. It is too bright and could damage the telescope. However, ...

Stargazing has a long history in the UK. It was there that the Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded in 1675. The problem that that country had when observing the sky has to do with its meteorology, ...

In the darkest depths of the ocean, the eerie and elusive telescope fish thrives with alien-like eyes, extendable jaws, and a ...

The universe never ceases to amaze us, and a recent image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) offers a breathtaking glimpse into the process of star formation. Captured in stunning detail, ...