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.

Space anniversaries

Astronomy

ASTRO LETTERS

EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE ZOOMS IN ON BLACK HOLE JETS

HOT BYTES

BILLIONAIRES RACE TO SPACE • Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are the world’s newest astronauts. One day, they might make you one, too.

QUICK TAKES

Massive white dwarf lives on a knife’s edge

ZHURONG STRETCHES ITS WHEELS

THE EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE

Making a moon

Space station goes for a spin

CRACKING VENUS’ CRUST

CLUSTER SPORTS ABUNDANCE OF BLACK HOLES

Giant comet found in dark energy data

Alien life • Are we searching for E.T. the wrong way?

A crescent corona • Earth’s atmosphere can create a gorgeous glow around a crescent Sun or Moon.

50 YEARS ON MARS • The current international fleet of explorers follows the path blazed by NASA’s pioneering Mariner 9 mission.

CELEBRATING 60 YEARS of HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT • The flights of Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard blazed a trail for human spaceflight that is still unfolding today.

NOVEMBER 2021 A dazzling evening lineup • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON | Standout mounts

METEOR WATCH | Dodging the Full Moon

STAR DOME

PATHS OF THE PLANETS

COMET SEARCH | In preparation

LOCATING ASTEROIDS | Hiking the Hyades

Sketching the SUN with AI • The oldest method of recording the Sun has some new artificial-intelligence tricks.

TRAINING AN AI

Flying into June’s RING OF FIRE ECLIPSE • Take a journey through the Moon’s shadow.

HIGH IN THE SKY

Astrophotography with your smart phone • You don’t need top-tier equipment to image the night sky through your telescope. Your phone can do the trick.

Catch this month’s LUNAR ECLIPSE • To enjoy a spectacular Blood Moon, all you need is a clear sky.

Ice fishing • You’ll need a steady hand to catch these planets.

Saturns unite! • Catch both the planet and the nebula.

Black hole spaghetti • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

Cosmic portraits

A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE

January 2022 Jupiter and Saturn bid adieu

STAR DOME