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During its 35 years of orbiting the Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope has transmitted endless streams of magnificent images, confirmed the existence of "dark matter," and helped track a vagabond ...
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 ...
Best overall telescope under $500 This telescope offers a lot for your money; it's powerful, portable, and its motorised mount, paired with its app, gives you 100,000+ celestial objects to zoom in on.
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 astronomers search for evidence of life beyond Earth, what signs are they seeking? Would clues be traced to microfossils trapped within ancient Martian rocks, swim in waters of an ocean world ...
The comet has become so bright that enthusiasts can spot and photograph it with regular backyard telescopes. Initial studies suggest that the comet is rich in hydrogen, which gives it a stunning ...
This book summarizes the science to be carried out by the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array, a major ground-based gamma-ray observatory that will be constructed over the next six to eight years. The ...