Planets are easily visible through a telescope, even in city lights. Different colored filters enhance planetary details, depending on the planet. High magnification is best for some planets, like ...

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China wants to put a small constellation of satellites in orbit around the moon to create a radio telescope that would open a "new window" into the universe. The array would consist of one "mother" ...

A few months ago, I flew to Houston to visit a small startup called Lunar Resources, which aspires to build the largest telescope in the solar system—not on Earth but on the far side of the moon.