Astronomy

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ASTRO LETTERS

WIND IN THE SAILS • This blast definitely rocked the boat.

HOT BYTES

ODYSSEUS MAKES EPIC LUNAR JOURNEY, BREAKS LEG, PHONES HOME • The historic lander is the first commercial mission to make a soft landing on the Moon.

Neptune’s true hues

QUICK TAKES

How DART reshaped Dimorphos

A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE

THE GALACTIC DEAD REMAIN

JWST peers inside SN 1987A

Can we catch an INTERSTELLAR INTERLOPER? • Scientists are racing to design spacecraft to reach the enigmatic ‘Oumuamua — or be ready for the next one.

WHAT INTERSTELLAR OBJECTS CAN TEACH US

HOW RUBIN WILL CHANGE OUR VIEW

EDMOND HALLEY THE MAN BEHIND THE COMET • The legendary English astronomer’s pursuits included cataloging the southern stars, investigating tides, and captaining multiple expeditions.

Many worlds line up • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON • Celebrate!

METEOR WATCH • Glowing display

STAR DOME

PATHS OF THE PLANETS

COMET SEARCH • All night short

LOCATING ASTEROIDS • Look way up

STAR FORMATION IN A NEW LIGHT • JWST takes a penetrating look at stellar birth in 19 spiral galaxies.

Chasing nightscapes • Nothing captures our place in the cosmos like a wide-field shot of the Milky Way suspended above softly lit terrain.

Explore the sky with Celestron’s autoguider • The new StarSense Autoguider is a capable companion for astrophotographers.

Into the Void • Find the few galaxies afloat in a cosmic ocean of nothingness.

Image like Hubble • Narrowband filters are the key to Hubble’s famous color palette.

NEW PRODUCTS

Merging black holes • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

HAWKING’S AREA THEOREM

Cosmic portraits

BREAK THROUGH

A pair of planet conjunctions

STAR DOME