Our guide to the best telescopes looks at a versatile range of all-rounder telescopes. See our quick list below if you want to dive right in, or scroll further down for more detailed reviews of ...
(For more on the controversy Galileo spawned, see His Big Mistake.) Building a better refractor The spyglass-turned-telescope had limitations, some of which Galileo was able to design around.
Telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope can observe some incredibly distant galaxies, stretching all the way back to the early universe. However, spotting individual stars in distant ...
Orbital telescopes function as eyes in the sky that allow astronomers to peer farther into the universe and see the cosmos more clearly. Scientists began dreaming of such a telescope in the 1940s ...
That's over two-and-a-half times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope's mirror. Capturing more light allows Webb to see more distant, ancient objects. The telescope is peering at stars and ...