Magazine

Deep-Sky Objects

Bruce Balick: The death throes of Sun-like stars

Stars

Weird Object: The Pup

Exotic Objects

Weird Object: M87

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System

Weird Object: Europa

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System

Web Extra: Through the eyes of the magnificent seven

Cosmology

I have been trying to get my head around “there is no center to the universe” without success. Can you give a layman’s explanation?

Observing Basics, Solar System

Web Extra: 25 asteroids to spot through binoculars

Cosmology

Web Extra: How Big Bang ripples make the ideal cosmic ruler

The Sun

Here comes the Sun

Solar System

Astronomers recently discovered that Scholz’s star passed close to the Sun 70,000 years ago. Wouldn’t its gravity have sent Oort Cloud comets raining into the inner planets?

The Moon

The “Aristarchus X”

Astrophotography

Field of view indicators