October 2014

The world's best-selling astronomy magazine offers you the most exciting, visually stunning, and timely coverage of the heavens above. Each monthly issue includes expert science reporting, vivid color photography, complete sky coverage, spot-on observing tips, informative telescope reviews, and much more! All this in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly style that's perfect for astronomers at any level.

Features

Why everything you know about black holes might be wrong

by Bob Berman

Bob Berman explains why these extreme objects might be even stranger than they seem.

Web Extra: Black holes in the Milky Way

by Richard Talcott

From the behemoth lurking at our galaxy’s core to star-sized objects in the spiral arms, our galaxy holds 19 confirmed black holes.

Can the cosmos test quantum entanglement?

by Andrew Friedman

Albert Einstein hated the idea he called "spooky actions at a distance," but astronomers now are hoping to illuminate some of these tricky quantum puzzles.

Web Extra: Another cosmic thought-experiment

by Andrew Friedman

Decades ago, another physicist thought of using the distant universe to test quantum theory.

Bringing a star's death to life

by Dan Milisavljevic, Robert A. Fesen

Astronomers have mapped Cassiopeia A in 3-D to understand how massive stars explode.

Web Extra: Cassiopeia A in 3-D

by Richard Talcott

High-speed debris ejected by one of the Milky Way Galaxy's most recent supernovae is helping astronomers piece together how its massive progenitor star exploded.