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 ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Ask any good stargazer what telescope you should buy, and ...

Astronomy Contributing Editor Phil Harrington loves binoculars. Indeed, his catchphrase is, “Two eyes are better than one.” He’s not wrong. Observing is naturally more relaxed when you can keep both ...