NASA wants to view the Big Bang with this behemoth, so it's saying goodbye to the James Webb Telescope. The new one redefines ...

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution and other unwanted side effects from the proposed construction of a renewa ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

Telescopes don't come any smaller than the Dwarf 3, but does its portability come at the cost of image quality? Read the ...

"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." ...

The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting ...

Christmas is a great time to look for a telescope for your budding amateur astronomer. But there are some things to keep in ...

The IBE Optics Raptor Scope is now available in Full Frame, and it features a new optical & mechanical design. The Raptor Scope features precision ...

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...

We've had image-stabilized binoculars for years, so it's amazing that no one thought to make a stabilized spotting scope ...