In just 15 minutes, your class will transform everyday household items into a functional scientific instrument, connecting history directly with practical physics. To begin this exciting astronomy ...

Getting your first telescope should feel exciting, not frustrating. If I avoid a few common beginner mistakes, I can turn that confusing bundle of glass and metal into a tool that reliably shows the ...

Later this year, a prototype telescope is slated to land on the moon. It could usher in a new era of lunar radio astronomy.

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Optical telescopes have come a long way in the past two-and-a-half centuries — from homemade telescope of William Herschel to ...