She was kind of a Rock Star Nun' — 4th Wall to stage 'Searching for Galileo's Daughter' at Museum of Worcester ...

Thus was born the study of optics. In 1609, about a year after an unknown author made the very first attempt to patent a telescope, Galileo Galilei designed and built his famous instrument ...

Produced in conjunction with the Galileo Museum in Florence, the exhibition opens a window on a crucial period in the astronomer’s life – after he became famous for turning his telescope onto ...

There are many other key factors affecting a telescope power, all will talk in detail here ... The best thing is it still offers vast magnification ranges, from 50x to 250x, giving a sharp, crystal ...

The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.

Learn more › The night sky is beautiful enough to look at with the unaided eye, but add a telescope atop a telescope mount, and you’ll have a true sight to behold. And, as important as it is ...

As the moon moved through the shadow of the Earth, it was also being illuminated by light from the sun — causing the moon to ...

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

This dual nature of the telescope dates back to its inception; after inventing his, Galileo wrote to the ruler of Venice about its ability to spy enemy ships. He also vowed to keep the device a ...

Don't want miss the planetary parade? There is still time to grab yourself a deal on a new telescope at Walmart now. It's time to start exploring the cosmos with a range of night sky events coming ...