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Can't decide between a telescope and binoculars? Read this before Black Friday
We break down the key differences to help you make an informed choice before the sales hit, so you don't waste money on something you won't use.
Our favorite premium smart telescope is $1000 cheaper right now in this Black Friday telescope deal
Deals If you want to photograph the cosmos without the hassle of setting up a star tracker and camera, our favorite smart telescope is now $3,999 at various retailers
RIP 'other ATLAS': Watch the doomed comet explode into pieces in incredible new images
Stunning new photos show the pieces of the "other ATLAS," C/2025 K1, breaking apart in space after the golden comet suddenly exploded earlier this month.
Marooned no more! Stranded Chinese astronauts finally have a way home following launch of unmanned 'lifeboat'
China has launched an unmanned "lifeboat" to the Tiangong space station, ending a month-long fiasco. The spacecraft will eventually ferry home the marooned Shenzhou-21 crew, who have been stuck without a return capsule for over a week.
Award-winning astrophotographer Josh Dury recommends this telescope for budding astronomers. The price has already dropped to its lowest price this year
Deals An ideal beginner telescope that our expert reviewed earlier this year and recommends for those new to astronomy is now over $100 cheaper ahead of Black Friday.
James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest, most distant black hole ever seen
The James Webb telescope may have detected the universe's earliest and most distant known black hole at the heart of galaxy GHZ2, revealing how the first black holes grew just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
See a rare conjunction of Mercury and Venus late tonight
The inner planets Mercury and Venus will both be visible in the east-southeast sky before sunrise on Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Odd-looking rock on Mars is totally alien to the Red Planet, Perseverance rover finds
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently came across an odd rock, dubbed "Phippsaksla," that is unlike anything else the robot has found on the Red Planet. It turns out that it probably isn't from our neighboring world and likely crashed on Mars instead.
