Do you remember the first time you truly discovered the universe? When I was a teenager, many moons ago, I bought my first telescope, a Celestron 8. I remember excitedly unboxing it the day it arrived ...

Refractor to reflector, Schmidt-Cassegrain to Maksutov-Cassegrain - this is everything you need to know about the different types of telescopes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Even if you’re new to astronomy, you can zero in on nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are some observing tips to help you get started. You’ll find additional techniques in this magazine’s 100 ...

For unknown reasons, the human brain distinctly separates the handling of images of living things from images of non-living things, processing each image type in a different area of the brain. For ...

Although scientists have been able to levitate specific types of material, a pair of UChicago undergraduate physics students helped take the science to a new level. Third-year Frankie Fung and ...