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Mars is a dynamic world that continues to intrigue us. This image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the planet wreathed in late-afternoon clouds.

Robotic Spaceflight

Experience Mars in 3D

The author’s photo-illustration attempts to capture the unusual appearance of totality, as seen during the April 20, 2023, hybrid solar eclipse near Com, East Timor.

The Moon, The Sun

Secret Sky: A topsy-turvy eclipse

Constellation Perseus

Deep-Sky Objects

Binocular Universe: Heroic treasures

Jupiter and its Galilean moons

Sky This Month: November 2023

This artist’s impression shows how ULAS J1120+0641, a very distant quasar powered by a black hole with a mass two billion times that of the Sun, may have looked. This quasar is the most distant yet found and is seen as it was just 770 million years after the Big Bang. This object is by far the brightest object yet discovered in the early Universe.

What we’ve learned in 60 years of studying quasars

Equations.

10 top equations in astronomy

Why is the night sky dark?

Winner of the 50th anniversary essay contest announced

JWST image of the Pillars of Creation

If protostars aren’t yet generating light through fusion, how can JWST see them?

The Sun provides necessary energy for life on Earth, thanks to its powerful but compact core, which takes up just 1/50 our star’s volume.

Strange Universe: Astounding fundamentals

NASA's image of a "ring of fire" eclipse.

The Moon, The Sun, Upcoming Events

How to see the 2023 annular eclipse: The ‘Ring of Fire’ is here

Anyone can get started with observing, thanks to the Astronomical League’s programs. Here, the author peers through her telescope in the twilight.

Observing Basics

Observing Basics: Supercharge your observing