Above: It sees us, too. The face-on spiral galaxy NGC 1566 (60 million light-years away in the constellation Dorado) as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (and rotated to fit in the header image). Image credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), Rupali Chandar (UToledo), Daniela Calzetti (UMass), PHANGS Team
The most recent issue of Free Astronomy Magazine (March-April 2024) is available for your reading and downloading pleasure in English, Italian, Spanish, French, and Arabic at www.astropublishing.com (and facebook).
A little late to the game posting it here due to a balance of website maintenance for ASRAS and (mostly) prepping slides for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse talks in my capacity as a Solar System Ambassador.
Another gorgeous and information-dense issue, with the original content for the month from Michele covering the gamut from the ancient philosophy of alien life to the detection of us based on the architecture and engineering of those ancient civilizations.