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Free Astronomy Magazine – September-October 2023 Issue Available For Reading And Download

Above: A truly marvelous sight as posted to a truly marvelous site – a sight site site sight. A part of the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex, as featured as the 13 July 2023 APOD. To his credit, ASRAS member Nick Lamendola managed a fine catch of the same region as posted to his flickr album. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI), Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) – a sight site site sight cite.

The most recent issue of Free Astronomy Magazine (September-October 2023) is available for your reading and downloading pleasure in English, Italian, Spanish, French, and Arabic at www.astropublishing.com (and facebook).

An issue complete with a wide variety of space science news from the Earth's surface to as far beyond as we can observe. I'm pleased to report the next issue will feature an article on Webb's varied detection of organics (and some extra commentary on why that matters) by yours truly.

Browser-readable version (and PDF download): www.astropublishing.com/5FAM2023/

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Free Astronomy Magazine – November-December 2022 Issue Available For Reading And Download

Above: In this mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across, Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) displays the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in a new light, including tens of thousands of never-before-seen young stars that were previously shrouded in cosmic dust. From webbtelescope.org.

The most recent issue of Free Astronomy Magazine (November-December 2022) is available for your reading and downloading pleasure at www.astropublishing.com.

The magazine closes out the year with a curated selection of articles from NOIRLab, NASA, CSA, ESA, the Jeddah Astronomy Society, ALMA, and the IAC. Original content for the first issue of 2023 is already in the works, with specific hope that the search for life doesn't come up with anything too exciting before then to cause dramatic rewrites.

Browser-readable version (and PDF download): www.astropublishing.com/6FAM2022/

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Free Astronomy Magazine – September-October 2021 Issue Available For Reading And Download

Above: This artist’s impression shows the dust and gas around the double star system GG Tauri-A. Researchers using ALMA have detected gas in the region between two discs in this binary system. This may allow planets to form in the gravitationally perturbed environment of the binary. Half of Sun-like stars are born in binary systems, meaning that these findings will have major consequences for the hunt for exoplanets. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada

The most recent issue of Free Astronomy Magazine (September-October 2021) is available for your reading and downloading pleasure at www.astropublishing.com.

This issue features our fearless leader Michele Ferrara providing all of the original content (as I prepared for and adjusted to fatherhood x 2) among the selection of articles spanning the range from frozen snow balls in our own solar system to the evolution of the whole universe.

Browser-readable version: www.astropublishing.com/5FAM2021/

Jump to the PDF download (14.7 MB): September-October 2021