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

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 reflecting ...

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 reflecting ...

It leads off with a statistic that sounds almost trivial but masks a profoundly puzzling problem: interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ...

The Hubble Telescope appears as a tiny silhouette during a perfectly timed solar transit captured from Puerto Rico.

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new type of cosmic object, a cloud of dark matter and gas ...

The simple mistakes every stargazing newbie makes — avoid these traps and you'll get the best out of your telescope from ...

Fresh fruits and vegetables are essential for a healthy diet, packed with vitamins, fiber and antioxidants. They can also carry dirt, bacteria or pesticide residue if not handled properly. Knowing how ...

An exosyzygy – an alignment of three celestial objects around another star – is predicted to happen later this year, but it ...

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar created a black hole that would later turn out to be fairly scientifically accurate.

In a cosmic fireworks display, scientists have observed two objects colliding around a bright star 25 light-years from Earth.