Whenever news of a rare celestial event makes the headlines - be it a passing comet, meteor shower or a parade of planets - it makes one wish for two things: a telescope and a pitch-black garden to ...

Maybe you have had a casual interest in astronomy for years, looking up at the night sky every chance you get. Or maybe you’ve just recently become interested in the wonders hanging high above our ...

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The Celestron NexStar 8 SE telescope has been reduced from $1,699 to just $1,499, with Amazon offering a rarely seen discount for those in the market for one of the best telescopes on the market. This ...

Amazon is offering 27% off the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ. Perfect for watching Saturn's opposition on Sept. 20.

A rare celestial event is set to grace the night sky on Friday, Feb. 28, as seven planets—Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—align in what astronomers call a "planetary parade.

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there, waiting to ...

The Santa Monica College John Drescher Planetarium will present special feature shows in July on Summer Deep Sky Wonders, the latest developments in human spaceflight, a telescope session with a focus ...