When you look at the night sky, do you ever wonder what's going on out there? On a clear night with a dark sky, if moonlight doesn't wash it out, sometimes you can see the arc of the Milky Way. The ...

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 ...

The Hestia telescope uses your smartphone for image capture. It's a portable, affordable device with a unique optical system. The Gravity app is needed for operation and image processing. Best suited ...

Why it's so special: What are the smallest stars? A deep dive into the star-forming Flame Nebula by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed free-floating, Jupiter-size objects that could ...

That’s right—at more than 1,000 community libraries across the country, you can check out a telescope thanks to the Library Telescope Program. So whether you have a budding astronomer at home or are ...

On Saturday night, Jan. 24, the curved terminator on the moon will fall just to the upper left (or lunar west) of a large, ...

Rochester Institute of Technology astrophysicist Jeyhan Kartaltepe will be one of the first scientists to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope soon after it launches in spring 2019. The Webb ...

A new study published in Science marks the first time astronomers have directly measured the mass of a rogue planet, a ...

Astronomers from several major research institutions around the world have signed an agreement with astronomers at the University of Hawaii to make use of a revolutionary new survey telescope on ...

For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a ...