A do-it-yourself Galilean telescope makes an excellent and inexpensive starter telescope — or science fair project. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

From its halo-like orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is seeing farther than human eyes have ever seen. In May, astronomers announced that Webb detected the ...

A nearby star is surrounded by an eerily perfect, "pancake-like" disk of cosmic debris that is unlike anything seen before, new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images reveal. The surprisingly ...

A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega has found a surprising lack of planets, as evidenced by the disk and ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a feeding black hole in the early universe that seems to be eating 40 times faster than is theoretically possible. Using JWST to get a ...

The famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed due to a combination of decayed zinc in the telescope’s cable sockets and previous damage from Hurricane Maria, according to a report ...

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals surprisingly bright early galaxies, indicating they may have formed stars more rapidly than expected. This challenges traditional views on galaxy formation and ...

The December 2020 collapse of the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico came at the end of a 39-month sequence that began with Hurricane Maria in 2017, according to a new report from the National ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said the colors were made possible using mid-infrared light from the James Webb Space Telescope and visible and ultraviolet light from NASA’s Hubble Space ...

The publication is the most comprehensive analysis yet of the downfall of the fabled observatory, which occurred over several months in late 2020 when multiple cables holding the telescope’s ...

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So which model should you buy? Well, that depends a lot on your level of experience. If you're looking for the best telescope for beginners, we recommend setting your sights on an inclusive package ...