Which refractor telescope is best? Space has intrigued humankind ever since we looked skyward for the first time. While it is difficult to imagine what our ancestors thought of the twinkling lights, ...

John Carlsen has more than a decade of experience testing and reviewing home tech products, with a major focus on smart home security. He earned his BS in journalism from Utah Valley University. In ...

Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER), a notional infrared space observatory, and the James Webb Space ...

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Photography has become my most consistent creative practice outside of writing. I've used my cameras for astrophotography with varying levels of success. The main issue I faced was a total lack of ...

If you've ever tried afocal astrophotography, the BeaverLAB Finder TW2 may be for you. Holding a smartphone camera up to the lens of a telescope is tricky, and while ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Children love looking up at the stars and imagining distant galaxies, but with just their eyes, they can ...

For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a reflecting ...