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.

Star Trek and science

Astronomy

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THE FLAME NEBULA BLAZES BRIGHT • A fiery tangle of glowing gas shows off its moves.

HOT BYTES

A 1,000-LIGHT-YEAR-WIDE COSMIC BUBBLE SURROUNDS EARTH • This superbubble is responsible for nearly all nearby star formation.

BOWL OF RUST AND ICE

More rogue planets found wandering the galaxy

QUICK TAKES

A stellar drive-by

PLANETS MAY FORM AROUND DYING STARS

THE MOON’S STICKY SOIL

A NURTURING MONSTER

FOR MASS EXTINCTION, SIZE DOESN’T MATTER

Zodiacal light on other worlds

The most dangerous spectacle • Let’s talk about safe solar viewing.

The shadowy Schröter effect • Venus’ half phases never quite appear on time.

THE ORIGINS OF TIME • What is time? Why is it so different from space? And where did it come from? Scientists are still stumped by these questions — but working harder than ever to answer them.

ECLIPSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD • Astronomy’s intrepid travelers journeyed to Antarctica to witness one of nature’s grandest spectacles.

A lengthy lunar eclipse • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON • Multiplying in the Sea of Fertility

METEOR WATCH • I In favor

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PATHS OF THE PLANETS

COMET SEARCH • Second comet of the decade?

LOCATING ASTEROIDS • Look south of Lambda

AN OBSERVER’S GUIDE TO STAR TREK • The Enterprise has visited many star systems on its voyages. Here’s how to see some of them for yourself

HOW TO identify objects in your ASTROPHOTOS • These free websites are all you need to unlock the mysteries hidden within any deep-sky image.

SECRETS OF THE METEORITES • These cosmic rocks are like fossils from the early solar system.

COSMIC VISITORS • METEORITE FALLS HAVE BEEN RECORDED THROUGHOUT HUMAN HISTORY, YIELDING WONDER, CONFUSION — AND KNOWLEDGE. HERE ARE JUST A FEW RECOVERED SPACE ROCKS THAT HAVE PROVEN HISTORICALLY OR SCIENTIFICALLY SIGNIFICANT.

Dipping deep • Challenge yourself with these Big Dipper treasures.

Snapping your own lunar pics • Even dinosaurs can learn new tricks.

NEW PRODUCTS

Massless momentum • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

Cosmic portraits

BREAK THROUGH

Gas giants take center stage

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