Your Guide to the Universe

StarDate magazine keeps you in touch with the universe with detailed skywatching information, in-depth features, the latest astronomy news, and more. Six issues per year, including the Sky Almanac issue in January! Subscribe today!

Current Issue: May/June 2013

Spacey Tomes

In May and June, StarDate brings you feature-length excerpts from new books in astronomy. In Paul Murdin’s Are We Being Watched? find out why he things ET will be found in this century. William H. Waller explains how why we think we know our galaxy’s shape from our place inside it in The Milky Way. And find out how one physicist is trying to change how scientists see time in Lee Smolin’s Time Reborn.

In Every Issue

• Skywatching highlights and star charts to help you keep tabs on the sky
• Merlin answers your most compelling questions about the universe

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In Future Issues

In the next issue of StarDate, learn how astronomers continue to find nearby stars. And Melissa Gaskill returns to StarDate with a feature on how amateur astronomers are contributing to the pros’ research.