Astronomy

The world's best-selling astronomy magazine offers you the most exciting, visually stunning, and timely coverage of the heavens above. Each monthly issue includes expert science reporting, vivid color photography, complete sky coverage, spot-on observing tips, informative telescope reviews, and much more! All this in a user-friendly style that's perfect for astronomers at any level.

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Astronomy

ASTRO LETTERS

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE • One year on, JWST continues to deliver images of intense beauty.

HOT BYTES

THE GREAT HUM: GRAVITATIONAL WAVES CONTINUOUSLY RIPPLE ACROSS SPACE-TIME • Radio astronomers have detected long-wavelength gravitational waves for the first time.

QUICK TAKES

Milky Way imaged in neutrinos

PHOSPHATE ON ENCELADUS BOOSTS CHANCES FOR LIFE

Astounding fundamentals • Add to your list of amazing astro facts.

Fleming’s Triangular Wisp • When observing the Veil, don’t overlook this ghostly feature.

WHERE IS OUR SUPER-EARTH? • The planets astronomers see often around other stars are strangely absent from our own solar system. We’re still figuring out why.

THE TRAPPIST-1 SYSTEM

TWO NEW WORLDS

AURORAE dazzle across the universe • Spectacular auroral emissions reveal just how interconnected stars, planets, and moons really are.

A TANGLED WEB OF DEBRIS • A star tore itself apart 340 years ago. The James Webb Space Telescope reveals the aftermath in all its glory.

OCTOBER 2023 Prepare for annularity • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON • One glorious sight after another

METEOR WATCH • What Halley leaves behind

STAR DOME PATHS OF THE PLANETS

COMET SEARCH • The clown with green hair

LOCATING ASTEROIDS • A drop in the water

A timeline of famous eclipses • Stroll through history’s most significant solar eclipses.

Explore great summer nebulae • The heart of the Milky Way provides lots of observing opportunities.

Our 13th annual STAR PRODUCTS

Supercharge your observing • Astronomical League programs let you explore the cosmos, whether you have a 20-inch Dobsonian or just your eyes.

Queenly clusters • Stellar groups dominate the night sky this fall.

NEW PRODUCTS

Crashing Cassini • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

Cosmic portraits

BREAKTHROUGH

December 2023 Gas giants reign supreme

STAR DOME