Telescope sales climbed sharply in the months after the 1969 moon landing, turning a specialty item into a common household purchase. Many vintage department-store refractors carried genuine ...

An amateur astronomer helps discover a mysterious decagon on Saturn's south pole, which he tracked from his homemade backyard ...

His passion for astronomy began in the 1960s, inspired by the Apollo program and early morning comet viewings with his father Stockdale received the 2026 Berenice and Arthur Page Medal for his ...

An Australian amateur astronomer made a groundbreaking observation in their backyard, discovering a colossal ten-sided ...

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When the world seems out of control, sometimes there’s nothing more reassuring than going out into the backyard and simply looking up. Amateur astronomy is a popular hobby in the Bay Area, and there’s ...