Travel easily with the best small telescopes for observing when going on location or sharing with friends and family: Spot ...

Telescopes Allow Visual Time Travel . It may sound like science fiction, but I'm not exaggerating when I say that telescopes ...

The newly discovered comet SWAN25F is delighting amateur astronomers, now visible and trackable with standard backyard equipment.

The best telescopes allow you to observe the night sky in more detail. The best telescopes unlock the wonders of the night sky right from your backyard and beyond. Bring the Moon and planets into ...

When those layers are turbulent, the light gets blurred, so images from observatories with large mirrors turn out no better than those from your backyard telescope. Adaptive optics corrects the ...

A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for ...

Not so long ago, the term "amateur astronomer" conjured images of stargazers peering through backyard telescopes. But today's are as likely to be analyzing reams of sophisticated data collected by ...