Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starting at just US$149/£117, not including a tripod, Hestia is essentially a separate optical system that uses a smartphone only ...

If you've ever pointed your smartphone's camera skyward on a full moon, chances are you were pretty disappointed with the result. French smart telescope maker Vaonis is aiming to get you closer to the ...

When the Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie first tried to canoe across North America in 1789, he unwittingly followed a river that led him north to the Arctic instead of west to the Pacific. When ...

The new Hestia telescope by Vaonis is the third of the company’s innovative instruments I have reviewed, and once again, I’m impressed. Vaonis named their creation for the Greek goddess of the hearth ...

The Hesta is not a telescope, at least not in the conventional sense, and on its own it's not a smart instrument, either — it contains no computer and no moving parts. Basically, when coupled with a ...