2024

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.

galaxy cluster Abell 2744 as seen by JWST and the Chandra X-ray Observatory

Cosmology, Exotic Objects

Astronomers say they’ve spotted the oldest, most distant black hole. How do they know this?

E: Time’s Telescope was an almanac published in London from 1814 to 1834.

The history of astronomical almanacs

Hubble image of variable star RS Puppis

How do Cepheid variables indicate distance?

20 things to see on the Moon: An observer’s guide to lunar names

The summer Milky Way was photographed from a hilltop over the Modoc Plateau in California using ten 3-minute exposures and a Sigma Art 14mm lens. All photos were taken with a Nikon D750 DSLR, pre-processed in Adobe Bridge, and post-processed in Adobe Photoshop.

Astrophotography

How to take your own wide-field sky images

Telescopes and Equipment

See the hottest astronomy products of July

The bright skyglow from city lights can easily wash away the night sky, hiding the stars from view. But they are still there, shining — and we can reveal them with collaborations and initiatives underway around the world.

The fight against light pollution

Mars and Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) in Taurus

July 2024: What’s in the sky this month?

Four “bright” members of the Boötes Void hover around 15th magnitude. Each field measures 5' on one side. Credit: Digital sky survey

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing

The Boötes Void is a ‘holy grail’ of astronomy

Artist's rendition of asteroid Psyche

Could Psyche be the core of the planetesimal that struck Earth and formed the Moon?

I captured the Eagle Nebula (M16) at the 2019 Texas Star Party using a borrowed SBIG STF-8300M and Baader 8nm Hα/OIII/SII filters on my Takahashi FSQ106N. Recognize those pillars at the center?

Astrophotography, Observing Basics

How to take Hubble-like photos: Filters and post-processing guide

Celestron has upgraded the Pro models in its line of SkyMaster Porro binoculars with ED glass lenses and larger prisms. This review covers the 20x80mm model.

Telescopes and Equipment

Celestron’s SkyMaster binoculars reviewed