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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Those crazy quasars

Astronomy

A TANTRUM OF TWINS • Two young stars kick up a storm.

HOT BYTES

RARE RADIO SOURCE STUMPS ASTRONOMERS

Jove’s bolt from the blue

Hot Jupiters may not have migrated

QUICK TAKES

Zero-power love affair • Try using no magnification to enjoy the sky.

A topsy-turvy eclipse • Find out what made this hybrid solar eclipse a one-of-a-kind event.

60 years of QUASARS • These ravenous black holes in the hearts of distant galaxies are beacons from the early universe.

AN ACTIVE GALACTIC ZOO

Hunting quasar 3C 273 • Accept the challenge of tracking down the sky’s brightest quasar through your telescope.

ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO PLANETS • JWST discovers three dust-filled rings around the star Fomalhaut, hinting at possible embedded planets.

Jupiter climbs high • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON | The ghost ring

METEOR WATCH | Look to the Lion

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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 | Catch the bees asleep

LOCATING ASTEROIDS | Zeus points the way

Experience MARS in 3D • These stereoscopic images will transport you to the surface of the Red Planet.

ABOUT THE STEREOSCOPIST

Twilight glow is calling • How a special time of night — and morning — helps to define astronomy.

TOY TELESCOPE TRYOUT • When it comes to telescopes, you get what you pay for.

Heroic treasures • See a Demon Star and other epic night sky sights.

Coming to terms • Learning astrophotography requires a bit of jargon.

Matter and energy • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

Cosmic portraits

A CANNIBAL BY ANY OTHER NAME

Jupiter’s grand evening show

STAR DOME