April 1989
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 an easy-to-understand, user-friendly style that's perfect for astronomers at any level.
Features
Do Brown Dwarfs Really Exist?
Though astronomers know what they’re looking for, they have yet to find an indisputable brown dwarf.
Venus Unveiled
Magellan, to be launched this month by the space shuttle, will show us what Venus is really like beneath the clouds.
Reading the Colors of the Stars
Astronomers unlock the secrets of stars by reading between the lines of starlight.
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