If you’ve been an active observer for any length of time, you know how telescopes and accessories have evolved. We often concern ourselves with a scope’s optical tube assembly, the quality of the ...

17th century scientist Christiaan Huygens set his sights on faraway Saturn, but he may have been nearsighted. Huygens is known, in part, for discovering Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and deducing the ...

A new study has revealed that famous Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens was probably nearsighted, which explains why his telescopes weren't quite as good as his rivals'. When you purchase through ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens not only proposed the earliest theory about the nature of ...