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 ...

Getting your first telescope should feel exciting, not frustrating. If I avoid a few common beginner mistakes, I can turn that confusing bundle of glass and metal into a tool that reliably shows the ...

This all-inclusive refractor is best for observing planets and the moon, but still able to give skywatchers some glimpses of deep-sky objects.

ZWO's Seestar S30 is a 30-millimeter-aperture smart telescope that costs around $349. It's well-made and portable, and the Seestar app that controls it is very user-friendly. However, the highlight of ...