Astronomy

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Astronomy

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A DUSTY SCENE • Infrared view shows warm young suns shining through cold dust and gas.

HOT BYTES

NASA SPACECRAFT IMAGE INTERSTELLAR COMET 3I/ATLAS • Data from more than a dozen spacecraft highlight the capabilities of NASA’s science fleet.

DIAMOND RING IS A BURST BUBBLE

QUICK TAKES

Light pollution reduces ecosystem carbon storage

A PEEP AT APEP

Chinese crew temporarily stranded in space

NEW MODEL EXPLAINS GIANT PLANETS’ WINDS

SAVE UP TO 54% • ON 1 YEAR OF ASTRONOMY

ENCELADUS’ OCEAN HOLDS BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE • Analysis of Cassini data suggests organics detected in Enceladus’ icy plumes could have been born through hydrothermal activity.

STAR-STRUCK TWICE • Against astronomical odds, twin shards of debris separated by a planetary collision half a billion years ago fell to Earth just a few dozen miles apart.

A METEORITIC ORIGIN STORY

FROM DUST TO PLANETS • JWST makes the clearest observations yet of an edge-on protoplanetary disk.

SKY THIS MONTH • THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE AS IT APPEARS IN EARTH’S SKY.

RISING MOON • Fabulous Fracastorius

METEOR WATCH • Chase fainter lights

STAR DOME

PATHS OF THE PLANETS

COMET SEARCH • Non-stellar marathon

LOCATING ASTEROIDS • Early blossom

RUN THE MESSIER MARATHON • All you need to complete this classic list is a good telescope, a clear sky, and energy.

THE ART OF THE SINGLE-SHOT ASTROIMAGE • Here’s how to carefully plan a single exposure to showcase your skill.

Observable Space’s CDK 14 can capture your cosmos • Superb optics, top-notch engineering, and a relatively small footprint make this scope a winner.

Transparency and seeing • These two factors should be your first considerations for an imaging session.

NEW PRODUCTS

Elongated craters • Astronomy’s experts from around the globe answer your cosmic questions.

READER GALLERY

BREAKTHROUGH

Saturn returns to prominence

STAR DOME