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DRACO Smart Telescope Launches
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 by Richard Harris
DWARFLAB has officially launched the Draco Smart Telescope - and fired a warning shot across the bow of the smart scope industry!. On paper there is a lot here to like. A 90 mm aperture, 340 mm focal length at f/3.8, cooled imaging sensor, built in guiding, physical sensor rotation, exposures up to ...
Lunar surface impact from Falcon 9 creates rare observing opportunity
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 by Trey Abbe
Most lunar impacts arrive without warning. A small meteoroid strikes the Moon and produces a flash that may last less than a second. Unless a telescope and camera happen to be pointed at the right location at the right time, the moment is gone before anyone knows it happened. The Falcon 9 uppe...
Reflect Orbital Space Mirror Approved by FCC: What It Means for Astronomy
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 by Richard Harris
There are moments when technological progress genuinely feels like progress. We develop cleaner energy, better batteries, more efficient solar panels and smarter electrical grids. Then there are moments when it feels as if we have completely gone off the rails - I feel personally, this is one of tho...
New Space Capitalism: An argument for capitalism in the new frontier
Monday, June 22, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
A clear shift is underway in how humanity reaches and uses space. New Space Capitalism makes the case that market forces are not only compatible with exploration, they are the engine that can scale it. Dr. Rainer Zittelmann, author of the well researched new book New Space Capitalism, argues that ca...