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Astronomy

Apr 01 2022
Magazine

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 new era in space

Astronomy

ASTRO LETTERS

A SHARP SCENE • Curiosity captures a martian landscape at two times of day.

HOT BYTES

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE LAUNCHES • At long last, NASA’s next-generation telescope soars to space.

QUICK TAKES

SOLAR ORBITER’S POLAR APPROACHES

Cosmic butterfly sports one wing

Compliments to the chef

NEWFOUND PLANET’S HOST STARS ARE MOST MASSIVE YET

NASA grazes the Sun

MORE MISSING DARK MATTER

Men with glass • Explore the legacy of an ancient astronomer you’ve probably never heard of.

Hiding in Hydra • Turn your eyes to the sea serpent’s glittering scales this spring.

Your perfect first (and last) telescope • A bare-bones scope that fits most observer’s needs.

OUR INFANT UNIVERSE • During the Planck era, the universe was so small that our laws of physics break down. To dive deeper back in time, we’ll need new scientific language.

APOLLO roves the lunar 16 highlands • The fifth crew to land on the Moon took lunar geology to new heights.

APRIL 2022 Venus and Jupiter meet • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON | Amazing Aristarchus

METEOR WATCH | Decent prospects

STAR DOME

PATHS OF THE PLANETS

COMET SEARCH | Better than NEOWISE?

LOCATING ASTEROIDS | Still on the Bull

CHANG’E 5 rewrites lunar history • The mission’s samples are the youngest lunar rocks yet found, leaving scientists wondering how the Moon stayed hot for so long.

THE CRATER-COUNTING CURVE

Check out these classic sky guides • Modern tech has made stargazing more accessible, but nothing beats an old-school observing guide.

The strange history of Mercury’s spots • Giovanni Schiaparelli didn’t just see canals on Mars. He also recorded odd markings on Mercury.

A SCHIAPARELLI CHALLENGE

Berenice’s Hair • Packed with a veritable smörgåsbord of galaxies, Coma Berenices is on full display this month.

The impropriety of rainbows • Rainbows exist at an uneasy nexus of light, shadow, and water.

NEW PRODUCTS

ASK ASTRO • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

Cosmic portraits

BREAKTHROUGH

SOUTHERN SKY June 2022 • The evening sky awakens

STAR DOME


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Science

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English

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 new era in space

Astronomy

ASTRO LETTERS

A SHARP SCENE • Curiosity captures a martian landscape at two times of day.

HOT BYTES

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE LAUNCHES • At long last, NASA’s next-generation telescope soars to space.

QUICK TAKES

SOLAR ORBITER’S POLAR APPROACHES

Cosmic butterfly sports one wing

Compliments to the chef

NEWFOUND PLANET’S HOST STARS ARE MOST MASSIVE YET

NASA grazes the Sun

MORE MISSING DARK MATTER

Men with glass • Explore the legacy of an ancient astronomer you’ve probably never heard of.

Hiding in Hydra • Turn your eyes to the sea serpent’s glittering scales this spring.

Your perfect first (and last) telescope • A bare-bones scope that fits most observer’s needs.

OUR INFANT UNIVERSE • During the Planck era, the universe was so small that our laws of physics break down. To dive deeper back in time, we’ll need new scientific language.

APOLLO roves the lunar 16 highlands • The fifth crew to land on the Moon took lunar geology to new heights.

APRIL 2022 Venus and Jupiter meet • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON | Amazing Aristarchus

METEOR WATCH | Decent prospects

STAR DOME

PATHS OF THE PLANETS

COMET SEARCH | Better than NEOWISE?

LOCATING ASTEROIDS | Still on the Bull

CHANG’E 5 rewrites lunar history • The mission’s samples are the youngest lunar rocks yet found, leaving scientists wondering how the Moon stayed hot for so long.

THE CRATER-COUNTING CURVE

Check out these classic sky guides • Modern tech has made stargazing more accessible, but nothing beats an old-school observing guide.

The strange history of Mercury’s spots • Giovanni Schiaparelli didn’t just see canals on Mars. He also recorded odd markings on Mercury.

A SCHIAPARELLI CHALLENGE

Berenice’s Hair • Packed with a veritable smörgåsbord of galaxies, Coma Berenices is on full display this month.

The impropriety of rainbows • Rainbows exist at an uneasy nexus of light, shadow, and water.

NEW PRODUCTS

ASK ASTRO • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

Cosmic portraits

BREAKTHROUGH

SOUTHERN SKY June 2022 • The evening sky awakens

STAR DOME


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