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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A golden age of astronomy

Astronomy

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EUCLID’S FIRST VISTAS • In searching for the unknown, Euclid began with the familiar.

HOT BYTES

NASA’S LUCY DISCOVERS SURPRISE ASTEROID ON ‘DINKY’ FLYBY • The craft zipped past Dinkinesh as a test run, but wound up discovering a new object.

Cosmological simulation milestone

JWST CATCHES SUPERSONIC JET

QUICK TAKES

Celestial fun • An astronomer’s pleasure has several components.

TOP 10 SPACE STORIES OF 2023 • We tuned in to a cosmic background hum, JWST upended our ideas about the early universe, and the new Moon race heated up.

STORIES TO WATCH FOR IN 2024

CHINA’S DEEP-SPACE AMBITIONS • Buoyed by successes at the Moon and Mars, China is embarking on a science and exploration program of staggering scale.

INVESTING IN SCIENCE

Mars and Venus meet • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON • Out of round

METEOR WATCH • View the false dusk

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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 • All night long!

LOCATING ASTEROIDS • Five-minute binocular watch

TURKEY’S DARK-SKY DELIGHTS • A great night of meteors capped off a trip filled with adventures in caves, ancient cities, and hot-air balloons.

See these SUPER-SIZED CELESTIAL GEMS • These objects look best through small scopes — or none at all.

Eclipse viewing made simple • With some dollar-store reading lenses and a cardboard box, you can easily make your own solar viewer.

VAONIS’ NEW SMART SCOPE • The Vespera combines ease of use with complex technology in a lightweight package.

A stellar colossus • VY Canis Majoris is a behemoth hidden in a nebula of its own making.

Safe solar observing • Here’s how to view April’s entire eclipse while protecting your eyes.

Northward bound • Find the subtle boreal targets of Ursa Minor.

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Daytime astronomy

Cosmic portraits

RIPE FOR HARVESTING

Close encounters with Mars

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