Why build a telescope? YOLO, as the kids say. Having decided that, one must decide what type of far-seer one will construct.

The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

With so many ways to view the night sky, your choices for beginner telescopes can seem overwhelming. Considerations like aperture, mount type, build quality, and basic design are important, according ...

Jacob Payne, a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Iowa’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, ...

They may have to compete with entrepreneurs flocking to the moon for business and mining. Gazing at the moon, you may see a face or a round of cheese, but some astronomers see the ideal spot for their ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

The telescope is barely a concept yet - it may be thwarted by funding or engineering problems before it ever reaches a launchpad or derailed by an instrument malfunction once it reaches space.