In the coming decade, astronomers will surely solve some cosmic mysteries. Maybe by 2029, scientists will know what “dark matter” actually is, so they can give it a better name. Maybe they’ll find out ...

My interest in astronomy began in third grade, when my parents bought me a set of constellation flash cards. We couldn’t afford a telescope, but I was able to borrow a neighbor’s small refractor from ...

Note: This is an updated version of a post I wrote years ago, now with better links. But the basic advice hasn’t changed, so hopefully this will help you in your search for a good telescope. The ...

In a former cattle field in rural central Texas, a startup called Starfront has quietly built what it claims is the world’s largest remote telescope observatory by number of scopes. The facility ...

There is a definite air of gimmickry to this scope, but it's reasonably well-made and performed well in our tests. It may encourage younger users into the world of birdwatching and astronomy, and that ...

Astronomy is arguably the oldest science, and has featured strongly throughout the history of Nature — the first quasar, the first exoplanet, the nature of spiral nebulae, to name but a few of the ...