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

HUBBLE ILLUMINATES A DARK, DUSTY PILLAR • The updated photo celebrates the space telescope’s 35th birthday.

HOT BYTES

DARK ENERGY MAY BE CHANGING • Major survey results hint that dark energy is not constant, raising questions about the standard cosmological model.

A LOCAL ‘DARK GALAXY’

Solar scope’s sunspot shots stun

QUICK TAKES

Large organic molecules found on Mars

GALAXY CLEARS HYDROGEN ‘FOG’

SLOW-MOTION PULSAR COULD BE MISSING LINK

Donaldjohanson’s strange shape revealed by Lucy

THE MILKY WAY • Scientists are turning to simulations and experiments to understand how life-indicating molecules behave.

THE ROLE OF SPECTROSCOPISTS

HUNTING FOR ATMOSPHERES

EUROPE’S STAR POWER

DID EARTH ONCE HAVE A RING? • Long before the dinosaurs, our planet may have looked a little like Saturn.

CRACKING UNDER PRESSURE

WHY DO THE OUTER PLANETS ALL HAVE RINGS?

A month of close meetings • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON • Wargentin pancake

METEOR WATCH • A busy morning

STAR DOME

PATHS OF THE PLANETS

WHEN TO VIEW THE PLANETS

COMET SEARCH • Rising out of the depths

LOCATING ASTEROIDS • Not hanging in the balance

A GALAXY CLUSTER CONUNDRUM • JWST observations of the Phoenix Cluster support a theory that other clusters challenge.

SKY GLOWS you should know • If you see an odd light in the sky, fear not — it has a scientific explanation.

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Moon? • The Full Moon typically ruins deep-sky imaging, but it’s amazing what the right processing can bring out.

THE SIX RULES OF FULL MOON IMAGING

The DWARF 3 scope is a GIANT in its field • DwarfLab’s updated smart scope has a larger lens, an equatorial option, and an enhanced sensor.

Cataloging the heavens • Lists upon lists.

NEW PRODUCTS

Star varieties • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

READER GALLERY

AN OCEAN OF LIGHT AND DARK

Saturn rules the evening sky

STAR DOME