If you're tired of lugging your massive telescope to dark sky sites to observe the night sky, these small telescopes are much more portable and lightweight.

Earth’s sister planet reaches greatest western elongation and dichotomy as the waxing Moon slides along the ecliptic in the ...

Perpetual clouds that shroud the planet reflect lots of sunlight making Venus very bright in the night sky. But those same unbroken clouds prevent telescope observations of the surface of Venus.

We recommend the Celestron Astro Fi 102 as the top pick in our best beginner's telescope guide. Try looking for Venus through the brilliance of the daytime sky. It can be done if you know exactly ...

Venus comes closer to us than any other planet. This Nov. 9, 2021, picture made through the author's 14-inch telescope shows the planet Venus and its phase. In the coming months, the phase of ...