With the 2012 holiday season coming into its "home stretch," many people may be seriously considering the purchase of a telescope. You've seen telescope ads in newspapers, junk mail catalogues and ...

Buying a telescope is a big step, especially if you’re not sure what all those terms — f/ratio, magnification, go-to — mean. So, to eliminate confusion and make sure you understand what you’re ...

Photography is one of my most consistent creative practices, and I’ve dabbled in astrophotography, which is photography of stars, planets, moons and other celestial objects in the night sky. I’ve used ...

The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to facilitate chemical reactions. While single-celled life has existed almost as ...

The new Hestia telescope by Vaonis is the third of the company’s innovative instruments I have reviewed, and once again, I’m impressed. Vaonis named their creation for the Greek goddess of the ...

Dark matter makes up much of the universe but is invisible, making detection a tricky affair.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. When you think of a telescope, you think of an enormous ...

Clyde Tombaugh built a homemade telescope and overcame hardship to discover Pluto, proving determination can lead to ...

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