August 2022

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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Features

How Juno unmasked Jupiter

by
Ben Evans

NASA’s plucky probe has brought us unprecedented views of the solar system’s biggest planet, from its enigmatic aurorae to its dramatic storms.

Catch Pluto this summer

by
Michael E. Bakich

Planet or not, Pluto is a worthy target.

Scopes for city dwellers

by
Phil Harrington

Don’t let bright lights prevent you from exploring cosmic sights.

The strange case of the eyeball planets

by
Michael Carroll

These tidally locked worlds could be the key to finding life in the universe — if they exist.

Capturing the Moon in high res

by
Leo Aerts, Klaus R. Brasch

The digital revolution has enabled amateur astronomers to take crisp, clear images that would have been the envy of professionals just a few decades ago.