July 1993
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
Dance of the Double Sun
Spiraling inexorably closer, a pair of Sun-like stars in Vulpecula are destined to merge.
Spuds in Space
How would you map a Martian moon shaped like a potato?
Neon Nova
When an obscure star in Cygnus exploded last year, astronomers studied in exquisite detail its expanding shell of glowing gas.
Cosmic Tug of War
Everything in our part of the universe is rushing headlong toward a massive object known as the Great Attractor.
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