The 2,000-pound platform that engineers will use to precisely align the Webb telescope’s enormous five-layer sunshield is completed, with work slated to begin on flight-like template membranes early ...

Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you ...

Since the dawn of time, ancient stargazers and astronomers such as Galileo and Copernicus had to make do with a blurred view of the heavens through Earth's atmopshere, which distorts and blocks the ...

Our picks of the best small telescopes are all under 10kg, making them perfect for traveling to dark sky sites — check out the best models ahead of Black Friday. When you purchase through links on our ...

Best telescopes for families with kids or teens interested in astronomy, including a budget-friendly pick and one toy model, ...

The nearly 20-year-old Hubble Space Telescope has taken many iconic images of the cosmos and is even the star of a new 3D IMAX movie that gives viewers a chance to fly through those snapshots. But ...