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

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JWST IMAGES A PENGUIN AND EGG • The shot celebrates two years of science with the space telescope.

HOT BYTES

LUNAR LAVA TUBE COULD SHELTER A FUTURE MOON BASE • A volcanic eruption formed an underground tunnel on the Moon, uncovered by a recent analysis of radar data.

Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s secondary mirror now in place

QUICK TAKES

Dwarf galaxies’ black holes behave differently

A DISTANT BLACK HOLE AWAKENS

MARS ROCK COULD HAVE SIGNS OF LIFE

Titan’s seas have tiny waves, tidal currents

AMATEURS NAB DEEP-SKY NEBULOUS NYMPHS

BRINGING THE SUN TO LIGHT • The closest star to Earth is also the best studied, but only recently have we truly begun to uncover its secrets.

FUSION IN THE SUN

THE SUN UNDER A SPECTROSCOPE

ANATOMY OF THE SUN

THE SUN’S MANY CROWNS

How to read rainbows • Rainbows may be a trick of the eye, but they’re also based in fascinating optical physics.

Improving views • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON • Lava, volcanos, and a dragon

METEOR WATCH • Aim to be early

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PATHS OF THE PLANETS

COMET SEARCH • Binocular bonanza

LOCATING ASTEROIDS • Try your luck

WHERE THE (PROTO)STARS ALIGN • JWST discovers embryonic stars that retain the spin of their natal interstellar cloud.

PLANET EARTH • Starmus brought fireworks, music, and a focus on our fragile, wondrous world to the Slovakian capital of Bratislava.

BRIGHT STARS MAKE A SHOWING

MODEL ROCKETRY takes off in OREGON • The high desert offers the perfect launch pad for amateur rocketry enthusiasts.

A Saturn ring mirage • Averted vision can result in unexpected effects.

NEW PRODUCTS

Long-exposure astrophotos • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

READER GALLERY

HUNTING FOR COSMIC STRUCTURE

January 2025 Venus and Mars at their peak

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