But for the best experience, you better make sure you choose binoculars that are actually designed for astronomy. Below, we've rounded up everything you need to know about how to choose binoculars.

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With Mercury joining the show, all seven of Earth’s celestial neighbors will be present at dusk this week. By Katrina Miller Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets ...

Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images Print Collector Estimating distances in astronomy is challenging. Think of how hard it is to estimate the distance of someone pointing a ...

More than 1 million "interstellar objects" the size of the Statue of Liberty could be drifting unseen in the outer solar system right now, new simulations suggest. The hefty cosmic interlopers ...

If the stellar contender is traveling at more than 1.3 million mph (2.1 million km/h), it will have a sufficient escape velocity to one day leave the Milky Way and drag its planetary companion ...

There are thousands upon thousands of questions related to the topic of astronomy, from the basics of the science to the complexities of the distant cosmos. Here are just 40 such questions that we ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure ...

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A total lunar eclipse was visible on Friday morning across Northern Ireland. Early-rising UK stargazers woke up to a "blood Moon" lunar eclipse early on Friday. The Griffith Observatory in Los ...

Astrophysics involves a broad frontier of technologies including materials science, optics and electronics. This three-year programme teaches students to apply their knowledge of physics to ...