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Are monoculars suitable for astronomy? The simple answer is yes, but with a few limitations that you should be aware of ...

"This unique lensing configuration allows us to constrain both the Hubble constant and dark energy parameters simultaneously ...

Astronomers have observed a galaxy ripping through galactic debris left by multiple collisions at a dangerous "cosmic ...

A telescope opens up a world of discovery ... For a deeper dive into astronomy, use the best binoculars for stargazing to observe your favorite stars and galaxies, and capture breathtaking ...

Peculiar James Webb Space Telescope observations seem to show gargantuan black holes in the earliest moments of the universe.

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery using Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope, identifying three mysterious ...

The Hubble Space Telescope was carried to space inside the space shuttle Discovery and then released into low-Earth orbit.

The galaxies, each as vast as the Milky Way, are baffling because most scientific models for galaxy evolution suggest ...

The professor of astronomy and planetary sciences at California Institute of Technology (Caltech), who won this year’s Shaw ...

Astronomers have taken the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy, and it’s a “monster star” surrounded by a cocoon ...