Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Feb 04, 2025, 05:34am EST A zero pressure NASA balloon in ...

Getting your first telescope should feel exciting, not frustrating. If I avoid a few common beginner mistakes, I can turn that confusing bundle of glass and metal into a tool that reliably shows the ...

The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to facilitate chemical reactions. While single-celled life has existed almost as ...

This all-inclusive refractor is best for observing planets and the moon, but still able to give skywatchers some glimpses of deep-sky objects.

Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER), a notional infrared space observatory, and the James Webb Space ...