When you look at the night sky, do you ever wonder what's going on out there? On a clear night with a dark sky, if moonlight doesn't wash it out, sometimes you can see the arc of the Milky Way. The ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Channel 2's countdown to the great American eclipse continues. WNY is now less than 50 days away from being in the path of totality. On Monday night students in grades 5 through 12 ...

From nebulas and galaxies to star clusters, the sun and the moon, here’s what to image in the night sky using a smart ...

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From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for stargazing and astronomy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Go outside right now. What’s the farthest thing you can see? A tree? A bird? What about the Moon? It’s 250,000 miles away. The Sun is 400 times farther than that, at nearly 100 million miles (but ...

Broadly speaking, scientists use telescopes to see things that are very far away from Earth. As targets get smaller or farther from Earth, it takes a larger effective aperture to get a clear picture.