October 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.
Features
Venus revisited
New missions aim to untangle the mysteries of how the planet’s scorching surface and violent clouds came to be.
A brief history of black holes
The 1964 discovery of Cygnus X-1 filled in a missing piece of Einstein’s theories and widened our understanding of the universe.
Sky This Month
StarDome and Path of the Planets
Ask Astro
Through the clouds.
The hunt for stars’ hidden fingerprints
Examining current stars is giving astronomers a look at past generations.
Observe the 100 brightest galaxies
Here’s an observing challenge that will keep you busy all year long.
Astronomy’s seventh annual Star Products
Departments
Sky this Month
StarDome and Path of the Planets
In Every Issue
Snapshot
Letters
New Products
Reader Gallery
Letters
New Products
Reader Gallery
Breakthrough
Astro News
Advertiser Index
Astro News
Advertiser Index
