2016

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.

In a shark’s eye

Telescopes and Equipment

Astronomy tools actions set

Double your observing fun

Just an arcsecond!

Inner planet convention

Observing, The Moon

If two Full Moons in one calendar month are called a Blue Moon, then what, if anything, are two New Moons called, as occurred in September?

Deep-Sky Objects

Going deep for Andromeda

The blue Moons

We often hear that meteors are tiny — a speck of dust or, at most, a pebble — and that the size of a meteor trail is based on how big the particle is. But what about the speed of the object? And do certain materials cause more light than others?

Do gravitational waves exhibit similar traits to waves in the electromagnetic spectrum, such as wave-particle duality?

Telescopes and Equipment

I’ve been thinking about buying a solar telescope, but I already have a 5-inch reflector. Is it possible to convert it into a solar scope? If so, what do I need, and how do I go about setting it up in a safe way?

Why does a gravitational lens sometimes create an Einstein Cross with four images and sometimes a circle?