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The idea that tides are linked to the Moon is an old one. Galileo was one of the first scientists to develop the idea of tides being...

The French mathematician and astronomer, Edouard Roche, is most famous for his work on celestial mechanics and his discovery of t...

Features Rotatable 360° diagonal to find the perfect viewing angle! 360mm Focal Length Full-length AZ Panhandle Mount Capture what you see with t...

Features Variable polarizing filter Individually adjustable image brightness Made from highly parallel optical glass Black anodized aluminum hous...

We all know that the gravitational field of any moon causes tides on its home planet. The height of the tide for a moon also depends upon the natur...

In August of 2006 the International Astronomical Union famously downgraded Pluto, which was considered the 9th planet in our solar system, to be re...

If you study science long enough, you eventually discover that Galileo was right about the constantly changing nature of scientific knowledge. Y...

Give the gift of exploration. Gift cards are delivered by email and contain instructions to redeem them at checkout. Our gift cards have no additio...

There is a misconception that ‘doing real astronomy’ is difficult and expensive, only highly trained and generously funded people can do it; ...

Humans have attempted to map the stars in the sky since antiquity.  The earliest Western catalog of stars was created by the Greek astronomer...

Features Explore everything from the soil to the stars with this 50mm telescope and 640x microscope set. Easy-to-use refracting telescope has a 5...

  Fact, Hypothesis, Theory There is a distinct hierarchy in science that distinguishes facts, hypotheses, and theories. We misunderstand and ...

Mars - The Dying Planet Astronomers have been exploring Mars with telescopes for four centuries, and the fascination of the red planet with its ...

Russian biologist A. P. Oparin and Scottish biologist J. B. S. Haldane both proposed an early reducing atmosphere on Earth consisting of hydr...

Features Special mount atop telescope tube allows users to attach their device to the telescope and easily locate constellations and planets in t...

FREE Explore One 30mm Compact Binoculars, when purchasing an Explore Science STEM product. To activate this promotion, add both items to your cart ...

FREE Explore One 30mm Compact Binoculars, when purchasing an Explore Science STEM product. To activate this promotion, add both items to your cart ...

FREE Explore One 30mm Compact Binoculars, when purchasing an Explore Science STEM product. To activate this promotion, add both items to your cart ...

FREE Explore One 30mm Compact Binoculars, when purchasing an Explore Science STEM product. To activate this promotion, add both items to your cart ...

The Viking Experiments In the early 1960’s, long before humans had left low Earth orbit, NASA was planning a mission to Mars that would soft-...

Sketching Saturn: The Box and Rectangle Method The first discoveries the system of the rings and moons around Saturn predate photographic tec...

Saturn has 7 major moons and more than 70 known moonlets. For the amateur astronomer, detecting and identifying these major moons is a challe...

Description Dual plug (DB9 FTDI chipset and USB 2.0 Mini B) works with PMC-Eight OPENGoTo systems, allowing ASCOM communications between a compute...

We normally think of galaxies as some of the largest, brightest structures in the universe – but that isn’t always true. It is star formation t...