NASA’s newest space telescope, SPHEREx, has successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, setting off on a ...

you can also compare Alt-Az and EQ mounts for their strengths: Alt-Az mounts are great at terrestrial observation, while EQ mounts are better for deeper space. Some telescope mounts are entirely ...

The $488 million observatory is set to launch at the end of this month on a two-year mission to map the entire celestial sky.

The agency is encouraging astronomy clubs to throw “star parties” to introduce people to the nebulae and galaxies spotted by ...

A new kind of space telescope has embarked on a two-year mission to create four complete maps of the entire celestial sky that will catalog the origins of the universe and seek out the ingredients ...

building upon a decade of previous studies conducted using the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and a wealth of ground-based observatories. "We can compare our previous ...