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Astronomy

Sep 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.

ONLINE FAVORITES

Stars of the cosmos

Astronomy

ASTRO LETTERS

A GLIMMERING QUARTET OF GALAXIES • Hubble captures a cascade of star formation.

HOT BYTES

BLACK HOLE AT MILKY WAY’S CENTER IMAGED FOR FIRST TIME • The groundbreaking picture shows the gaping maw of our galaxy’s heart.

JWST comes into focus

QUICK TAKES

Astronomers find a new type of stellar blast

HUBBLE’S ANGEL WING

SCIENTISTS PLAN THE FUTURE OF SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION

Reasonable questions • What do you wonder about the cosmos?

Off the beaten path • There are challenges galore in Cepheus.

Join the club • Don’t underestimate the power of banding together.

The secret lives of CELEBRITY STARS • These high-wattage luminaries can’t hide from astronomers.

S STARS IN MOTION

S STARS: AT THE HEART OF IT ALL

Curiosity’s 10 years on Mars • This complex, car-sized rover remains one of our best tools on the martian surface.

Enjoy Jupiter at opposition

RISING MOON • Big and small, younger and older

METEOR WATCH • Predawn glow

STAR DOME

PATHS OF THE PLANETS

COMET SEARCH • Sailing the Scorpion

LOCATING ASTEROIDS • Suburban sightings

Mine the sky’s wide-angle wonders • With the right equipment and planning, you can enjoy beautiful vistas all year round.

SATURN’S RINGS AT THEIR FINEST • The complex ring system is open wide during this year’s opposition, making it a prime time to explore the beautifully adorned gas giant.

The ABCs of STARGAZING • Take a seat at your scope and brush up on your observing vocabulary.

EARTH’S GREATEST HIT • We live in a cosmic shooting gallery, with our planet the inevitable target of incoming space rocks.

A deep-sky devil • The spiral galaxy NGC 6118 is fiendishly difficult to find.

NEW PRODUCTS

The full spectrum

Cosmic portraits

RED SKY AT NIGHT IS A SAILOR’S DELIGHT

The Full Moon goes dark

STAR DOME


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OverDrive Magazine

subjects

Science

Languages

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.

ONLINE FAVORITES

Stars of the cosmos

Astronomy

ASTRO LETTERS

A GLIMMERING QUARTET OF GALAXIES • Hubble captures a cascade of star formation.

HOT BYTES

BLACK HOLE AT MILKY WAY’S CENTER IMAGED FOR FIRST TIME • The groundbreaking picture shows the gaping maw of our galaxy’s heart.

JWST comes into focus

QUICK TAKES

Astronomers find a new type of stellar blast

HUBBLE’S ANGEL WING

SCIENTISTS PLAN THE FUTURE OF SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION

Reasonable questions • What do you wonder about the cosmos?

Off the beaten path • There are challenges galore in Cepheus.

Join the club • Don’t underestimate the power of banding together.

The secret lives of CELEBRITY STARS • These high-wattage luminaries can’t hide from astronomers.

S STARS IN MOTION

S STARS: AT THE HEART OF IT ALL

Curiosity’s 10 years on Mars • This complex, car-sized rover remains one of our best tools on the martian surface.

Enjoy Jupiter at opposition

RISING MOON • Big and small, younger and older

METEOR WATCH • Predawn glow

STAR DOME

PATHS OF THE PLANETS

COMET SEARCH • Sailing the Scorpion

LOCATING ASTEROIDS • Suburban sightings

Mine the sky’s wide-angle wonders • With the right equipment and planning, you can enjoy beautiful vistas all year round.

SATURN’S RINGS AT THEIR FINEST • The complex ring system is open wide during this year’s opposition, making it a prime time to explore the beautifully adorned gas giant.

The ABCs of STARGAZING • Take a seat at your scope and brush up on your observing vocabulary.

EARTH’S GREATEST HIT • We live in a cosmic shooting gallery, with our planet the inevitable target of incoming space rocks.

A deep-sky devil • The spiral galaxy NGC 6118 is fiendishly difficult to find.

NEW PRODUCTS

The full spectrum

Cosmic portraits

RED SKY AT NIGHT IS A SAILOR’S DELIGHT

The Full Moon goes dark

STAR DOME


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