The space station and one other Easter egg — the site of NASA's next human moon landing — are hidden in this lucky photo.

That's not the only spectacle that the best smart telescopes can help you track down, either. March 13-14 sees a blood moon lunar eclipse when, thanks to a trick of the light, the moon turns red.

Explore the night sky with the best telescopes to suit every budget and experience level, perfect for observing February's snow moon and spectacular planetary parade. February is a great time to ...

The best telescopes allow you to observe this month's full planetary parade more closely and give you a front-row seat to the total lunar eclipse in March. The best telescopes unlock the wonders ...

Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...

It looks like a laser is slicing the Moon in half, but it’s actually a high-tech tool used to improve telescope clarity. The ...

On the barren Chajnantor plateau, ALMA observes the depths of space, yet the rising Moon reminds us of home. Its seemingly ...

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A new image from Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission shows the spacecraft’s first glimpse of the moon. Launched nearly two weeks ago, the spacecraft is headed to the moon where it aims to ...

HIGHEST VENUS CLOSEST TO MOON ... telescopes as it did near greatest elongation but rather like a thick crescent getting steadily longer — soon long enough to glimpse with binoculars. But the ...