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.

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Free Astronomy Magazine – November-December 2019 Issue Available For Reading And Download

The most recent issue of Free Astronomy Magazine (November-December 2019) is available for your reading and downloading pleasure at www.astropublishing.com (click the link to go directly to the issue).

As editor-in-chief Michele Ferrara alludes to early in his "flexible concept" article on page 38, there's been quite the transition into the study of exoplanets and the potentials for habitability as a way to more credibly have the discussion about alien life.

His article on page 22 is worth the read for those who think it's not a question of "if" but of "how often?"

For those wanting a quick look at what the issue has to offer, the Table of Contents is reproduced below.

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Jump right to the PDF download (14 MB): November-December 2019

Free Astronomy Magazine – March-April 2019 Issue Available For Reading And Download

Above: The quasar J043947.08+163415.7 (red) is extremely far away, and its light has been amplified by an intervening galaxy (blue) much closer to Earth. Credit: NASA, ESA, and X. Fan (University of Arizona)

The March-April 2019 issue of Free Astronomy Magazine is available for your reading and downloading pleasure.

To the several NASA and ESA highlights included in this bi-month's issue (including a wonderful collection of Spirit and Opportunity images in celebration of Opportunity's recent end-of-mission status announcement), Michele Ferrara has managed to both (a) make you hopeful about our future as a science-spreading civilization in the galaxy and (b) remind you how far we have to go here on Earth to improve our appreciation of that same galaxy. Hopefully, the Genesis Project (no, not really that one (but sort-of). This other one – besides this issue, see phys.org and universetoday.com) and Orbital Advertising (not going to dignify it with additional links) articles give you deep – and different – pause.

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