On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world’s largest digital camera is preparing to power up. Its mission is simple yet ambitious — to photograph the entire night sky in extreme detail and unlock ...

If you judge things from a mathematical perspective, and you throw in probabilities, there is no chance in freezing hell we are alone in this Universe of ours. Yet, despite decades of looking at the ...

So I decided to build a low-cost DIY amplifying eyepiece, to make it easier for visitors to observe deep-sky objects but ...

The Dangdangli Smart Astronomical Telescope TW2 has been launched on the Xiaomi Youpin crowdfunding platform. The impressive TW2 telescope combines a telescope and a digital camera in a single device.

Hestia uses your smartphone to capture sharp, magnified views of the Moon, Sun, deep-sky objects, and landscapes—now just ...

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If you've ever tried to take a photo of the moon and stars, you know that astrophotography is incredibly challenging. Although there are tips and tricks for taking astrophotos on your cell phone, to ...

Anthony Wesley, an amateur astronomer from Australia, has combined an industrial camera with image sensors to capture high-resolution pictures of earth’s neighboring planets, including Venus, Mars, ...

I put the Oppo Find X9 Pro’s Hasselblad telephoto lens to the test on moon shots and star clusters. Here’s what worked and ...

As NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope makes its way out to its intended orbit, ground teams monitor its vitals using a comprehensive set of sensors located throughout the entire spacecraft. Mechanical, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has been helping scientists explore the cosmos for years now, but there are still plenty of ...