It was tough to pick the best, wildest, most creative reader projects of the year, but Dan Duriscoe's binocular telescope blew us away. Here are three other DIY projects that play with light.

What could be better than a family project of putting together a 3 3/4-inch Newtonian reflector telescope to scan the night skies? The homemade telescope in this article was made from parts ...

Muhammad Humza Tanveer shows how to construct a working reflector telescope at home. Muhammad takes the viewer through each step of making the telescope, using precise technical know-how to ensure it ...

That’s because the design was visually inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope, ... build has 18 mirrors assembled on a 3D printed frame to approximate the shape of a larger parabolic reflector.

A do-it-yourself Galilean telescope makes an excellent and inexpensive starter telescope — or science fair project. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

When the last of them is installed (the goal is 2028), scientists will view the cosmos with 10 times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope. Step 1: Conduct a glass quality check. Spencer Lowell ...

Landman studied telescope design and ultimately learned how to build them from scratch. Now, he enjoys sharing that lifelong passion with his 15-year-old daughter Leané.