Coordinator for the Astronomy and Dark Sky Initiative for the Lake Fork Valley Conservancy Phillip Virden looks down the valley at the San Juan Mountains with his binoculars at Windy Point on ...

I'm going to track and observe wolves in Yellowstone in March with a group of biologists. Do you recommend binoculars and/or a spotting scope? What models? My budget is mid-range, from $250 to $750.

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 ...

I have written a couple of articles recommending binoculars or entry-level telescopes, but it has been a few years since they came out. And because now is the time when many grown-ups are in a mood to ...

For all the excitement over Hubble and other space-based telescopes, ground-based observatories still have considerable life in them. The BBC today profiles the Large Binocular Telescope observatory ...

A solid set of binoculars will drastically enhance any outdoor experience. Sure, they’re an essential piece of equipment for ...

The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), located on Mount Graham, Arizona, achieved "first binocular light," utilizing both of its 8.4-meter primary mirrors for simultaneous observation. Initial images, ...

The jury is still out on when binoculars were first invented — some experts will tell you it was in the 16th century, when Hans Lippershey of Holland combined two telescopic tubes to observe far-off ...

Electronically stabilized marine binoculars are a boon to boaters, allowing for increased magnification versus conventional binoculars because they compensate for shaky hands and rough seas to provide ...

Binoculars for kids aren’t that different than the ones adults use. The binos my 11-year-old son uses are better than the ones I had up until a half-decade ago, and no, I didn’t drop one thousand ...