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Astronomers warn that proposed changes to the space observatory's operational budget could decrease the amount of ...

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Find the best telescopes to unlock the wonders of the night sky and view lunar occultations, celestial conjunctions and planetary parades in January. The best telescope unlocks the wonders of the ...

Christmas is a great time to look for a telescope for your budding amateur astronomer. But there are some things to keep in ...

The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made. High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro ...

With the 2012 holiday season coming into its "home stretch," many people may be seriously considering the purchase of a telescope. You've seen telescope ads in newspapers, junk mail catalogues and on ...