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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The allure of black holes

Astronomy

ASTRO LETTERS

FEATHER-WEIGHT CHAMPION • The line between stars and planets continues to blur.

HOT BYTES

JWST SEES STRANGE BLACK HOLES IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE • Astronomers are winding back the clock to discover how the first black holes formed.

QUICK TAKES

INGENUITY’S FLIGHT LOG

MISSION MILESTONES

A GALAXY NOT YET BORN

A burst from a ‘blob’

Undset’s forgotten mountain • This nameless lunar feature has many names.

Searching for the closest BLACK HOLES • The exquisite Gaia dataset can reveal the dances of dormant black holes with their companion stars.

FORMING AN ACCRETION DISK

BLACK HOLES DON’T SUCK!

A HERO’S BURIED TREASURE • JWST shows Herbig-Haro 797 to be twice the object astronomers expected.

Early risers win out • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON • Building by pounding

METEOR WATCH • Improved prospects

STAR DOME PATHS OF THE PLANETS • This map unfolds the entire night sky from sunset (at right) until sunrise (at left). Arrows and colored dots show motions and locations of solar system objects during the month.

COMET SEARCH • Plenty to see

LOCATING ASTEROIDS • Crossing the Twins

INSIDE AMERICA’S UNSUNG SPACE CENTER • Deep in the heart of Texas, the Southwest Research Institute creates some of the most innovative space technologies.

ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY AND THE ART OF COLLABORATION • One young photographer’s journey shows how teamwork is expanding the bounds of astroimaging.

UNISTELLAR’S NEW SMART SCOPE REVIEWED • The easy-to-use eQuinox 2 telescope lets you take impressive astrophotos even under light polluted skies.

Staring at the Sun • Your explorations of the Sun don’t need to stop after the Great North American Eclipse.

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Star deaths

Cosmic portraits

STAR BIRTH HEADS OFF TO THE RACES

Mercury at its evening peak

STAR DOME