Since Galileo perfected the telescope and used it to look at the stars, we have made a giant leap forward in terms of ...

The telescope and its magnifying power changed astronomy forever. Galileo's telescope allowed him to magnify the planets, just points of light to the unaided eye, into bright discs covered in ...

Reflecting telescopes concentrate light by bouncing it off of a mirror to magnify an image. Although the James Webb telescope doesn’t look like traditional tube-shaped models, it is still ...

If you're considering giving a telescope as a gift for Christmas or even mulling getting one yourself, here are some tips and suggestions to help you make an informed choice.

This is how the James Webb Space Telescope was recently able to see thousands of extremely distant objects by looking at a region of space called Pandora’s Cluster, or Abell 2744.

A telescope constructed from the solar gravitational lens would be able to map the surface of Proxima b to a resolution of less than 1 kilometer. That's not 1 pixel containing the entire planet.

Scientists used a galaxy cluster that warps the fabric of space-time like a magnifying glass, helping them discover two of the most distant galaxies ever observed.

Hubble Telescope Spots Bizarre "Magnifying Glass" Optical Illusion Predicted by Einstein Gravitational lensing appears in new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.