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Best telescopes for kids 2025: The best child-friendly scopes for young skywatchers

By Gemma Lavender last updated

Buying Guide The best telescopes for kids are easy to use, accessible to beginners and you can get your stargazers started with April's spectacular full moon.

Buying Guide
Man using one of the best telescopes for beginners

Best telescopes for beginners 2025: Start your stargazing journey with our pick of the best beginner-friendly telescopes.

By Gemma Lavender last updated

Buying Guide Ready to start your astronomy journey? We've rounded up the best telescopes, in time for April's full moon.

Buying Guide
A graphic in which the moon is pictured close to the bright star spica. A section of the constellation Virgo close to Spica is shown with a blue line joining its stars. The location of the prominent star Porrima is labelled in the upper right of the image, while the star Haze is labelled in the upper left.

Watch the moon and bright star Spica meet in a celestial dance on May 9

By Anthony Wood published

I think we know who's supplying the c(r)atering for this dance party.

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A white smart telescope with a black lens is standing on black legs on a tiled surface.

ZWO Seestar S30 all-in-one smart telescope review

By Gemma Lavender published

Small but mighty, the ZWO Seestar S30 is an affordable, portable instrument that's great for observing and imaging deep-sky targets.

Skywatching Kit
Man uses one of the best telescopes and binoculars to look at the night sky as the sun sets and telescopes are on tripods around him

Best telescopes 2025: Bring the universe closer with the best telescopes for stars, planets, nebulas and more

By Gemma Lavender last updated

Buying Guide Here are the best telescopes for a range of different purposes and budgets — beginner to smart telescopes and everything in between. Keep your eyes peeled for deals, too.

Buying Guide
The potentially hazardous asteroid 612356 2002 JX8 is pictured against a field of blurry white stars, with its location highlighted with a white arrow.

A stadium-sized asteroid will fly past Earth on May 9, and you can watch it live

By Anthony Wood published

The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a chance of hitting Earth.

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Hours before a solar eclipse, spruce trees 'talk' to each other

By Julian Dossett published

A new study suggests trees in the forest can access ancient memories and "talk" to each other hours before a solar eclipse.

Solar Eclipses
A pair of Celestron Skymaster 12x60 binoculars in front of a blue planet.

Get closer to the Flower Moon with 27% off these SkyMaster 12x60 binoculars from Celestron

By Harry Bennett published

Deals For high-contrast views of the Flower Moon, this May 12, we recommend these Celestron SkyMaster 12x60 binoculars, now almost 30% cheaper on Amazon.

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A graphic showing the positions of Venus, Neptune and Saturn in the eastern sky in the pre-dawn hours on the morning of May 8

Venus, Saturn and Neptune align in the predawn sky this week: Here's how to spot them

By Anthony Wood published

A treat for the early risers out there.

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northern lights in Norway, appearing as vast ribbons or curtains of purple and green light, the entire sky is filled with color and is reflected in the water below.

Northern lights (aurora borealis): What they are and how to see them

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The northern lights are one of the most mesmerizing natural wonders you can witness firsthand.

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