If you really need some up-close-and-personal shots using a cellphone camera, Brando of Hong Kong offers its 6x telephoto attachment that works with certain Nokia 6000- and 7000- series cellphones.

It does rather ruin the notion of the iPhone 3G being compact but there’s something wonderfully nautical about this crystal case and screw-on telescope adapter. If, however, you do not have a peg leg ...

A new, low-cost attachment to telescopes allows previously unachievable precision in ground-based observations of planets beyond our solar system. With it, ground-based telescopes can produce ...