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Observing, Planets

Uranus reaches its peak

Since the Milky Way is a flat disk, it should appear as a straight line across the sky. However, in photos such as on pages 50–51 of the April issue, it is a curved arc. Why?

Take your hobby to the next level

Robotic Spaceflight

What will happen to Hubble once the James Webb Space Telescope becomes operational?

Spend a night in Pegasus

Taking a dim view

Color-composite image of the Carina Nebula.

Zooniverse: A citizen science success story

What percentage of extrasolar planets go counterclockwise around their suns?

Saturn’s moons (Enceladus, for example) are heated by gravitational flexing. How does this process work?

Giants fall hard

The other Andromeda

Observing, Observing Basics, Telescopes and Equipment

Big city scopes