While telescopes can be fitted with devices called coronagraphs that block out much of a star’s light, there are limits to ...

Less than a decade ago, there were about 2,000 operational satellites orbiting Earth. Today there are more than 15,000.

Looking to buy your first telescope but don't know where to start? We've picked out some of the best beginner telescopes on the market.

A team of astrophysicists from Northwestern University has developed a new method to cut through the bright glare of ...

Shopping for a telescope for someone on your holiday gift list — even if that someone is you — has changed a lot in recent years. For several years now, smart visual telescopes have been available ...

An underwater neutrino telescope tested a foundation of Einstein’s relativity and tightened limits on certain possible ...

With the 2012 holiday season coming into its "home stretch," many people may be seriously considering the purchase of a telescope. You've seen telescope ads in newspapers, junk mail catalogues and on ...

Scientists have detected gamma rays from the Crab Nebula, the most famous of supernova remnants, using a next-generation telescope that opens the door for astrophysicists to study some of the most ...

Go outside right now. What's the farthest thing you can see? A tree? A bird? What about the Moon? It's 250,000 miles away. The Sun is 400 times farther than that, at nearly 100 million miles (but ...

Telescopes orbiting Earth can peer billions of light-years into space to observe incredible phenomena across the cosmos.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. When you think of a telescope, you think of an enormous long ...