The simple mistakes every stargazing newbie makes — avoid these traps and you'll get the best out of your telescope from ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected, reached its closest point to Earth overnight from Thursday to Friday (Dec. 18 to 19), and it remains in a good viewing position tonight.

I've taken incredible photos of this interstellar comet for more than a month using two tiny iPad-connected scopes in my ...

It’s the first supermoon of the year—and after January, stargazers won’t see another for many months. Here's how to see it.

With 3I/ATLAS slated to make its Earth tour in two days, amateur photographers and astronomers alike are scrambling to catch ...

Save on telescopes, binoculars and monoculars with our last-minute deal round up, but you'll have to be fast if you want them ...

Getting your first telescope should feel exciting, not frustrating. If I avoid a few common beginner mistakes, I can turn ...

On December 19, avid skywatchers can catch a glimpse of the mysterious visitor through powerful binoculars or a telescope when it’s around 170 million miles from our home planet ...

Compact binoculars are a boon for any stargazer. The models we've chosen are powerful enough and allow in enough light to make surveying the night sky a breeze. Thanks to their size, they slip easily ...

Today the globe is circled by thousands of active satellites—each prone to photobombing astronomers’ telescopes as an artificial star zipping across the night sky. Scientists working with ground-based ...

An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications including broadband access in rural and remote areas worldwide. It also has ...

It was almost 100 years ago that Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto. That was the last planet found until 1992, when humans found another one. But this new planet wasn't in our solar system—it was ...