Unlike refracting telescopes (whose lenses are very expensive), the Newtonian reflector offers the possibility ... a 10-inch to 12-inch (250-300mm) version can give a lifetime of viewing enjoyment ...

NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been on the International Space Station since June, ...

At 43 years old, Guyon today has a very big telescope to work with. The Subaru observatory, along with 12 others ... The Subaru’s 8.2-meter (27 feet) reflector is among the largest single ...

I've been covering technology and mobile for 12 years, first as a telecommunications ... Interior Composition Explorer X-ray telescope, replaced a reflector device on one of the international ...

In 1919, Hubble began working at Mount Wilson and used the 100-inch Hooker telescope, then the largest reflector in the world ... in the Andromeda galaxy, 12 of which were Cepheids.

A nearby galaxy is ablaze with new stars in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

The bill forwarded to the Senate added $10 million to the estimated $601 million annually devoted by the state to special education in K-12 schools. It’s not clear whether that amount would keep pace ...

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 $488-million mission is set to map the sky in 102 colors of light, probing cosmic inflation, galactic ices, and the history of the universe’s first light.

But it never hurts to keep a power bank handy. On the surface, the Odyssey Pro looks like most telescopes. It uses a traditional Newtonian reflector design to gather light with a mirror diameter ...