The March 29, 2025, partial solar eclipse will create a crescent sunrise over North America. Here are the best ways to ...

A partial solar eclipse was visible on Saturday across parts of the US, Canada, Europe, and Africa. The event created a ...

As the clocks go forward this weekend, the FT’s senior graphics artist walks a fine (meridian) line through the birthplace of ...

Fleming made major scientific discoveries and belonged to the Harvard Computers, a team of women who processed astronomical ...

Thursday, March 20 marked the beginning of spring with the vernal equinox, but what does this really mean? To understand, let ...

The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

Scientists have developed an impossibly thin telescope lens that addresses a key astronomical challenge in a new study funded ...

Get closer to our solar companions with the best telescopes for seeing planets, just in time for February's fantastic planetary parade. Want to focus your stargazing on our cosmic neighbors ...

According to an article published by NASA on Wednesday, March 26, the Webb telescope “captured bright auroral activity on Neptune” for the very first time in June 2023. Despite “successful ...

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 ...

It was soon realized that what was to become known as chromatic aberration was a limiting factor in refracting telescopes, and that this could be overcome by making lenses with longer focal length ...

But such collisions are so rare that enormous volumes of target material are needed to create a neutrino telescope. What’s more, astronomers need to place these instruments deep underground or ...