Many of us just got our first telescope over the holidays, and let's face it — a telescope can be intimidating. It's a machine. It needs to be cleaned, properly aligned and calibrated. Even when you ...

While the billionaire space race increasingly crowds the stars with tech moguls and celebrities, NASA continues its scientific work. On Christmas morning, NASA launched its most powerful telescope ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Ring Nebula has long been a focus point for the Hubble Space Telescope. Now that the Webb ...

NASA set out on a monumental journey with the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990. Since then, it has captured the minds and imaginations of people around the world. To celebrate the ...

Gazing at the night sky and pointing out constellations is all well and good, but the arrival of smart digital telescopes has given stargazers the power to capture and share celestial majesty with ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Will Kalif is a writer, webmaster, and an avid telescope enthusiast currently living in New ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Akaka, who turned 93 earlier this month, served Hawaii in ...

Humans are, as a species, hardwired to explore. We conquered the planet thanks to untold generations of people needing to see what lay over the next hill or around the next river bend and our ...

The James Webb Space Telescope was successfully launched in December 2021 and is a new optical telescope consisting of 18 hexagonal mirror segments made of gold-plated beryllium which combine to ...

STAUNTON — You can now gaze at the stars thanks to two newly donated telescopes that can be checked out from the Staunton Public Library. Starting March 1, patrons can check out the telescopes for ...

Astronomers have created the most detailed picture yet of our evolving universe. The eye-popping image, stitched together from thousands of individual photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, ...