Get closer to our solar companions with the best telescopes for seeing planets, just in time for April's full moon and a stunning view of Mercury. Want to focus your stargazing on our cosmic ...

Explore the night sky with the best telescopes to suit every budget and experience level, perfect for observing April's full moon and zooming in on the Pinwheel and Whirlpool Galaxies. April is a ...

When it’s finished, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), the most powerful optical telescope ever, will search for distant Earth-like planets and expand our understanding of the cosmos.

Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a ...

Just about everyone has heard of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — not too surprising considering that it has been with us for ...

Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal ...

Eye tracking plays a critical role in the latest virtual and augmented reality headsets and is an important technology in the ...

A remarkable telescopic eyepiece implanted inside the eye has been designed to improve the vision of people with macular degeneration. The Implantable Miniature Telescope (IMT) is smaller than a ...

SPHEREx's first images — containing roughly 100,000 points of light stars, galaxies and nebulae — have confirmed that the telescope is working according to its design.

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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 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar system for the first time, scientists announced Monday. The gas giants are ...