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.

Exoplanet explosion

Astronomy

List misses

The winner?

THE MILKY WAY’S HEARTSTRINGS • Nearly a thousand filaments lie at the center of our galaxy.

HOT BYTES

BLACK HOLE’S CLOSE-UP CONFIRMS THEORY • M77’s central black hole sports a ring of dust — as expected.

Third planet found around Proxima Centauri

QUICK TAKES

It takes two to tango

Astronomers find a unique neutron star

THE AFTERMATH OF A STELLAR TANTRUM

SPACEX DEFENDS STARLINK OVER COLLISION CONCERNS

Levels of amazement • We’re into astronomy to be wowed. I’ll do my best.

Scotty’s Triangle • Take a journey with me to 1946.

Appreciating the Moon • Our natural satellite has many treasures to observe.

THE VERY HUNGRY UNIVERSE • When it comes to understanding the formation of galaxies, solar systems, or planets, accretion is what brings it all together.

PLASMA IN THE WIND

EXOPLANETS How we discovered other worlds • The field of exoplanets has sprung up nearly overnight. What does the wealth of new discoveries tell us about the worlds circling our own Sun?

BRING THE COSMOS HOME

SKY THIS MONTH • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON | Lunar standstill

METEOR WATCH | High-flying clouds

STAR DOME

PATHS OF THE PLANETS • This map unfolds the entire night sky from sunset (at right) untill sunrise (at left). Arrows and colored dots show motions and locations of solar system objects during the month.

COMET SEARCH | K2 is summer’s king

LOCATING ASTEROIDS | Taking turns

Mapping the Moon • While most of us will never set foot on the Moon, maps can transport us there.

The man who named the Moon

FIRST SCOPES FOR ADULTS • If you’re new to observing, you don’t need to buy the best telescope — just the one you’ll use the most.

ZERO IN ON A HERO • Star clusters and galaxies will keep you looking at Hercules all night long.

The CMOS revolution is here • A new type of camera may signal the future of astroimaging.

A total eclipse rarity • This ghostly white prominence dazzled viewers in Antarctica and online.

NEW PRODUCTS

When black holes collide • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

Cosmic portraits

DANCING WITH THE DOLPHINFISH

August 2022 Saturn reigns supreme

STAR DOME