Your Guide to the Universe

Current Issue: September/October 2019

Our September/October issue explores how magnetic fields influence star formation. We also celebrate the bicentennial of the birth of Leon Foucault, the French physicist whose pendulum demonstrated Earth's rotation.

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• Skywatching highlights and star charts to help you keep tabs on the sky
• Merlin answers your most compelling questions about the universe
• The latest astronomy news
• A grab-bag of items about everything from travel to books to the latest astronomy web sites and apps

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In our November/December issue, we bring you an update on astronomers’ hopes to send probes to the Alpha Centauri star system, including a flyby of the recently discovered planet Proxima Centauri b. We’ll also fill you in on some telescopes that could be built on the Moon.

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