August 2014

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.

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Features

How one small step became a giant leap

by
Jay Barbree

A billion people watched Neil Armstrong step onto the lunar surface in 1969. But space reporter Jay Barbree was there for all the steps before that.

Web Extra: Revisiting Apollo 11

by
Sarah Scoles

Celebrate the anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon.

Probing the cosmos with gravitational waves

by
Bruce Dorminey

These waves in the fabric of space-time predicted by Albert Einstein will take astronomers inside the most violent events in the cosmos.

Web Extra: Watch as black holes collide

by
Liz Kruesi

Scientists use computer simulations to probe how space-time reacts as black holes collide.

Faceoff! The Moon’s oddly different sides

by
Jesse Emspak

Clues unearthed by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and GRAIL have opened a new window on the Moon’s creation and early evolution.

Web Extra: Cracking the Moon’s code

by
Richard Talcott

Our nearest neighbor’s murky past has come into sharper focus thanks in part to recent observations made by NASA’s GRAIL spacecraft.

The James Webb Space Telescope takes shape

by
Nola Taylor Redd

In January, journalist Nola Taylor Redd toured the Goddard Space Flight Center for an exclusive look at the nuts and bolts of the world’s largest space telescope.