We live in a golden age of planet discovery. Using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, orbiting 1 million miles from Earth, scientists peered closely at the planet AF Lep b, an extremely young ...

Pan across the James Webb Space Telescope's view of the Cosmic Cliffs, "a region at the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within the star cluster NGC 3324," according to NASA/ESA. NGC 3324 is within ...

James Webb telescope's 'starlit mountaintop' could be the observatory's best image yet — Space photo of the week Webb reveals a fiery starburst in the Cigar Galaxy — Space photo of the week James Webb ...

Of all the objects that you can view through a telescope, some of the most stunning to behold are the planets in our solar system, and the galaxies that lie far beyond it. But if you want to see more ...

A new generation of extremely large telescopes requires fresh approaches to correct for the blurring effects caused by the Earth’s atmosphere, as Richard de Grijs, one of an international team of ...

From nebulas and galaxies to star clusters, the sun and the moon, here’s what to image in the night sky using a smart telescope — and the best one for the job.

Thousands of galaxies, each containing billions of stars, are in this 2022 photo taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. [Photo: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI] BY The Conversation Curious Kids is a series for ...

Larger aperture telescopes gather more light, showing fainter objects. Focal length affects magnification; longer lengths show more detail. Reflectors are affordable and good for deep-space viewing. A ...

The best solar telescopes give you close-up views of our star without damaging your eyes. Black Friday arrives this week and could slash prices. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

These travel telescopes will help you take your stargazing with you no matter how far you roam from home. By Abby Ferguson Published Oct 28, 2024 9:00 AM EDT We may earn revenue from the products ...

Whenever news of a rare celestial event makes the headlines - be it a passing comet, meteor shower or a parade of planets - it makes one wish for two things: a telescope and a pitch-black garden to ...

We live in a golden age of planet discovery. Astronomers are using modern telescopes, both on Earth and in space, to find or zoom in on planets well beyond our solar system, called exoplanets. Some ...