dimorphos – welcome to somewhereville (.com)

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/

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/