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May 2020

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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.

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Stubborn problems with dark matter, dark energy, and cosmic expansion have some astronomers rethinking what we know about the early universe

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The Lowell Observatory astronomer’s revolutionary findings include the expansion of the universe and the discovery of the interstellar medium.

Cosmic clouds 3D

by David J. Eicher, Brian May
A glimpse behind the dusty veil of nebulae reveals the chemistry of the universe.

Charting the 19th-century heavens

by Michael E. Bakich
Schools and colleges throughout America regarded The Geography of the Heavens as a valuable tool for teaching astronomy

Target edge-on and face-on galaxies

by Stephen James O'Meara
Hunting pins and needles in the deep sky will give your observing some pizzazz.

We test Canon’s new astrocamera

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With 30 megapixels of resolution, a full-frame sensor, and a mirrorless body, the EOS Ra camera can help you reveal the night sky in all its glory.

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