These AR Binoculars Will Tell You What You’re Seeing in the Night Sky
Have you ever made it to the end of a hike with a scenic overlook and argued with your friend about the name of a river many miles away? I…
New Ultrablack Coating on Telescopes Could Reveal More of the Universe
It might be time for space telescopes to ditch their old coating for a more mysterious look, helping them blend in the dark void of space and capture better images…
NASA Budget Threatens Fate of Veteran X-Ray Telescope, Alarming Astronomers
It might be the end of the road for two of NASA’s most iconic telescopes as the space agency looks to reduce the funding for the Hubble Space Telescope and…
Unisteller’s Latest Telescopes Make Stargazing as Easy as Flipping Through Your Phone
The winter nights may be long, but they don’t have to be dull, even for folks with small apartments who don’t have room for an extra big telescope. Unistellar’s latest…
Finally, a Telescope Named ‘Einstein’ Is Heading to Space
The Einstein Probe, an X-ray telescope managed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will be ready to launch next month. The probe will look for transient events in X-ray light…
Fantastic Gifts for the Skywatchers in Your life
Amateur astronomy is so hot right now, and it’s never been easier for backyard enthusiasts to gaze into the cosmos and contemplate their puny, meaningless existences. We’ve assembled a collection…
The Hubble Telescope Just Sized Up an Earth-Sized Exoplanet
The Hubble Space Telescope just ogled an exoplanet passing in front of a star in a triple system, revealing the nearby world’s mass. Webb Telescope Images the Pillars of Creation…
You’ve Never Seen Jupiter Look So Much Like Cotton Candy
You probably know Jupiter, the rotund fifth planet from the Sun, as orange and tan with a big red splotch. But the Hubble Space Telescope recently imaged the gas giant…
The Euclid ‘Dark Universe’ Space Telescope Is Off to a Faltering Start
The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope launched from Earth on July 1 and has since been getting set up to begin its investigation of the dark universe. But the…
Wrecked Arecibo Observatory May Undergo a Downsized Resurrection
Arecibo Telescope CollapseMeanwhile, facilities at Arecibo are still operational, besides (obviously) the observatory’s marquee telescope. As reported by PhysicsWorld, earlier this year the NSF announced that the collapsed telescope would…