When Yerkes Observatory opened in Wisconsin in 1897, it was a wonder. Alongside the great one-metre (40-inch) telescope – the largest refractor ever built – the lavish facilities included the novelty

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These four Nagler Type-7 eyepieces are based on Tele Vue’s much-loved limited-edition Apollo 11 eyepiece created for the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings (indeed, Tele Vue’s founder Al Nagler des

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An unusual spacecraft reached orbit in November 2025, one that might herald the dawn of a new era. Called Starcloud-1, it was the size of a small fridge and carried an advanced NVIDIA chip designed to