Astronomy

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 a user-friendly style that's perfect for astronomers at any level.

Interference patterns

Astro Letters

Dust and ice • SPHEREx maps water in molecular clouds that birth new stars.

Hot Bytes

Early solar migration may have made life on Earth possible • The Sun is one of thousands of stars that journeyed from the middle of the Milky Way to its current position.

3I/ATLAS came from a strange, cold place

Quick Takes

Chandra spots possible LRD in transition

ALAN's wild nights

Hats off to new Sombrero Galaxy pic

Rocks reveal ancient martian sandstorm

Geminid melodies

How gravitational waves transformed our universe • With hundreds of events now in the books, astronomers are using these cosmic chirps to unravel the mysteries of black holes, neutron stars, and the fate of the universe.

August 2026: Solar and lunar eclipses • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

Rising Moon: Walled-up perfection

Meteor Watch: No Moon

Star Dome August 2026

Paths of the Planets August 2026

Comet Search: Martians beware

Locating Asteroids: A group of four

How to make a comet • JWST shows how silicate crystals forged in heat could inhabit ice-cold comets.

Finding light's true nature • Scientists once thought luminiferous ether pervaded the cosmos. Michelson and Morley’s ingenious experiment to find it produced one of the most famous null results in astronomy.

AI outgrows Earth • The push to move data centers off-planet is already underway. Whether companies can deliver — and whether the environment can bear the cost — is uncertain.

Celestron's NexImage 20 makes planetary imaging affordable and fun • The latest iteration of the classic camera upgrades the sensor and resolution without losing the line’s approachable spirit.

How to watch a meteor shower • Bring your eyes and your friends to enjoy the show.

New Products

Ask Astro • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

Reader Gallery

Breakthrough: A senior citizen still going strong

Saturn peaks in Cetus

Star Dome: October 2026

Astronomy