Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Update June 23, 2025, 11:40 A.M. CDT: Additional images and videos showing our dynamic universe have now been released! What do photos from the largest digital camera ever built look like? Now we know ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of the iconic Hubble Ultra Deep Field using its MIRI and NIRCam instruments. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Östlin, P. G.

Not too long ago, if you wanted to witness the wonders of the universe, you'd need to lug around a bulky telescope and possibly spend hours making fine adjustments to zero in on celestial targets. ZWO ...

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.

A 2″ eyepiece delivers a wider true field of view (the actual amount of sky visible) than a 1¼” eyepiece of the same focal length. Two factors determine the true field: the telescope’s focal length ...

The 1998 discovery that the universe is expanding at an accelerated rate raised new and profound questions about the nature and fate of the universe. Based on measurements of the speed of distant ...

China’s Xuntian space telescope completed a full performance simulation, confirming operational readiness for its planned ...

A slim crescent moon, the planet Venus, and the star Regulus will appear close together in the eastern sky before dawn on Friday, September 19. Binoculars or a small telescope can enhance the view, ...

NASA completes assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The observatory will enter final testing before launch, providing infrared surveys and cosmic data for astronomy research.

That's the ethos behind Vaonis's Hestia. It's not a smart telescope, or even a normal telescope. Think of it as a lens to ...