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.

A very special star

Astronomy

ASTRO LETTERS

HUBBLE SPIES THE FARTHEST STAR • A cosmic magnifying glass made it possible.

RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE REORDERS SPACE ALLIANCES • Fallout from international sanctions leaves Russia’s space program isolated.

Pulsar leaks antimatter

QUICK TAKES

A strange FRB in a strange place

PROTOPLANET SHAKES UP FORMATION THEORY

Found: A rogue black hole

SATELLITE FALL TIME

Black as night • How do we find true darkness?

Poniatowski’s Bull • Hunt the skies for summer’s Taurus.

Volcanic twilights • The Tonga eruption early this year yielded an array of atmospheric phenomena.

Safely observe the Sun • Your eyes are worth protecting.

How JUNO unmasked JUPITER • NASA’s plucky probe has brought us unprecedented views of the solar system’s biggest planet, from its enigmatic aurorae to its dramatic storms.

PLOTTING A COURSE

JUNOCAM’S VISUAL IMPACT

Catch PLUTO this summer • Planet or not, Pluto is a worthy target.

SCOPES for city-dwellers • Don’t let bright lights prevent you from exploring cosmic sights.

AUGUST 2022 Giant planet time • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

STAR DOME

PATHS OF THE PLANETS

The strange case of the eyeball planets • These tidally locked worlds could be the key to finding life in the universe — if they exist.

Capturing the MOON in high res • The digital revolution has enabled amateur astronomers to take crisp, clear images that would have been the envy of professionals just a few decades ago.

THE STAR that changed the cosmos • An astroimager follows in Edwin Hubble’s footsteps to prove the utter vastness of our universe using a single star.

NEW PRODUCTS

Skydiving onto Venus

Cosmic portraits

BREAKTHROUGH

October 2022 Giant planets rule the night

STAR DOME