Pluto might have been “demoted” in 2006 to dwarf-planet status, but that doesn’t mean this Kuiper Belt object is any less important in the eyes of astronomers. In fact, as NASA’s New Horizons continues its 9.5-year trek to reach...

On December 11, 2012, astroimager Mauro Broggi from Cucciago, Italy, took a series of images of the asteroid 4179 Toutatis, which at the time shone at magnitude 10.9. On that date, Toutatis was in the constellation Pisces the Fish. Mauro imaged it from...

What a week it has been in Tucson. I’ve visited the site of our upcoming star party twice . The first time, last Sunday, was to just do a general checkout. I got the lay of the land, and a nice security guard let me check out the Community Room...

In this digital age, when you can easily access 3-D panoramas of offshore real-estate investment opportunities and comment on pictures of your high school class president’s second honeymoon to Fiji, doesn’t it make sense that you should be...

Even if you skim casually through the pages of Astronomy , you can’t help but notice the crucial role the art staff plays in the design, illustrations, and overall feel of the magazine. A lot of work, planning, and talent go into their effort. ...

You may have seen a lot of documentaries in your quest for enlightenment, and you may have funded a few sci-tech projects on Kickstarter in your attempt at philanthropy, but you’ve probably never seen the film Saving Hubble , and it’s even...

On Saturday, February 16, 2013, Astronomy magazine hosted an all-day skywatching party at the East Campus Observatory of Pima Community College (PCC) in Tucson. Activities started at 10 a.m. and continued through 9 p.m. And what a day it was! Several...