DULUTH — Did you receive a telescope as a holiday gift? Even if it was years ago and that instrument is now hidden away in an attic, consider taking it out again. There are all sorts of wonderful ...

I usually write about telescope dos and don'ts around the holiday season, but I thought I'd write about it now for a change. Here are the most important rules to remember. 1. Never, a million times ...

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It’s hard to overstate how awesome telescopes are. More than any other scientific instrument, telescopes represent “science”—and every geeky kid wants one to see the rings of Saturn with his or her ...

Michael J. I. Brown receives research funding from the Australian Research Council and Monash University. While the unaided eye or binoculars can reveal much of the night sky, a telescope reveals so ...

So the presence of a clear, bright star trail tells astronomers that a galaxy has either recently fallen into a cluster, or has recently run into another galaxy inside the cluster, and hasn't yet had ...

Astronomers are getting their hands on JWST data. Here's what you can expect to see in the near future. Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate change, space rockets, ...