2015

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.

The Local Group: Our galactic neighborhood

The face of beauty?

Web Extra: In search of Dyson spheres

Exoplanets, Observing, Planets, Solar System, The Moon

Morning sky delights

The Moon: still the best

Astrophotography

Blast from the past

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System

Web Extra: Mercury in the spotlight

Astrophotography

To invert or not?

Robotic Spaceflight

Has NASA kept track of the orbits of the Mariners and Rangers that missed the Moon? Do they know where they are and if they would return to Earth?

Exoplanets, Planets

How much does the rotation of our planet affect weather patterns and ocean currents?

Robotic Spaceflight

Why doesn’t NASA reuse space probe designs from successful missions like Cassini, New Horizons, and the Mars rovers? Using the same design and tweaking for landing on different planets or orbiting them would seemingly make the entire endeavor cheaper.

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