Here’s what deep-space objects are, what optics you’ll need to see them and how to plan your observing. When you purchase ...

You know, after decades of pointing optics toward the sky, I consider myself a knowledgeable observer. But while researching the Pleiades a few months back, I was surprised to learn that it wasn’t the ...

Do you remember the first time you truly discovered the universe? When I was a teenager, many moons ago, I bought my first telescope, a Celestron 8. I remember excitedly unboxing it the day it arrived ...

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Friday, March 6 With no Moon in the early-evening sky, let's chase down a classic deep-sky object tonight: M1, the first entry in Charles Messier's list of "not comets" and also known as the Crab ...

Celeston's latest intelligent home observatory offers incredible images of deep sky objects, but don't expect it to be your all-in-one telescope. Why you can trust Space.com Our expert reviewers spend ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS can still be seen tonight, but you ...

Can you still see Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS tonight? Yes, but only if you know exactly where and when to look because it's getting fainter and smaller as it heads off to the Oort Cloud, a sphere around ...