Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image of Pluto interlaid with portrait of Clyde Tombaugh with his homemade telescope Clyde Tombaugh's passion for astronomy began ...

Long before Clyde Tombaugh was searching the skies from an observatory in Arizona, he was a farm boy trying to make sense of the night above his family's home. The first telescope he owned was bought ...

How do I make a telescope? Did you know you can build your own telescope? All you need are two lenses and a few common household items. Depending on your crafting experience, you can complete this fun ...

The City Beat is a free Monday newsletter bringing Concord’s biggest local stories and city updates straight to your inbox. Sign up For people who make their own telescopes, there’s no name like ...

This Saturday is National Astronomy Day, the semi-annual event that celebrates the observation of the heavens. Science museums, universities, and astronomy groups have various events to pique public ...

A homemade telescope caught Lowell Observatory’s attention Rather than abandoning the subject, Tombaugh decided to show his planetary drawings to someone who might understand the work he had been ...