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The James Webb Space Telescope lives!

The most powerful space telescope ever built, NASA’s new flagship observatory will look deeper than Hubble and hunt for neighboring life.

Capturing the cosmos

Astrophotography takes loads of practice and plenty of patience. But the results can be truly spectacular.

Tour one astronomy club’s observing mecca

The Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association is preserving and sharing dark skies at its observing complex near the Chiricahua Mountains.

Neutron stars: A cosmic gold mine

These exotic stars may hold the key to solving some of physics’ greatest mysteries.

Looking for galaxies in all the wrong places

Despite battling copious dust and crowded star fields, observing galaxies through the Milky Way is well worth the effort.

Our 11th annual Star Products

Astronomy’s editors have searched the marketplace for equipment designed to help all of us enjoy our hobby a little more.

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