SUNSET: 
Let the Star Parties Begin!
Want to gaze at the Milky Way all night or peer into the eyepiece of a 12-inch telescope? Escape the city lights and head for the nearest big amateur nighttime gathering.
Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography
A large astrophotography exhibit opens at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Pro-Am Teamwork on the Rise
As demonstrated this week during a gathering of observers in Big Bear, California, amateur and professional astronomers are joining forces as never before.
Capturing the Beauty of the Night Sky
From Comet Lovejoy in the southern skies to the aurora borealis over Iceland, the winners of the 2012 International Earth & Sky Photo Contest find beauty in darkness and show the threat of increasing light pollution.
Join S&T for November's Aussie Eclipse
The annular eclipse later this month whets the appetite for totality. Join us for the next total solar eclipse in Australia!
S&T’s NEAF Round-Up
Sky & Telescope editors just returned from our annual pilgrimage to the Northeast Astronomy Forum, where we scoped out new products and talked with our readers.
Titanic's Celestial Connections
The ill-fated ship — and the movie of the same name — were influenced by the heavens in a number of ways.
Tom Johnson, 1923–2012
The genius who designed the modern Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, and then shaped its role in changing the face of amateur astronomy, died on Tuesday.
Changes in Latitude
Hundreds of observers, who'd grown tired of cold, dreary midwinter skies, headed to the Florida Keys last week. There they viewed the heavens in shirtsleeve weather at the 28th annual Winter Star Party.
Great Heights Reached with Gaffer Tape
Spectacular photos of Earth’s curvature from the atmosphere are just one balloon and camera click away. Able to reach an altitude of more than 20 miles, so-called space balloons are an inexpensive hobby for those with an eye for the sky.
Old S&T Buildings: Going, Going, Gone!
The converted homes that housed Sky & Telescope's editorial offices for six decades bit the dust yesterday, literally, as demolition crews tore them down.
Tim Puckett's Award-Winning Ambition
Tim Puckett has been studying comets and finding supernovae with his home-built telescopes since the 1990s. Now the American Astronomical Society has recognized his dedication with the 2012 Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award.
S&T’s 70th Anniversary Video Is Here!
Watch a behind-the-scenes video of how S&T came to be and what it's like working at the magazine today.
A "Whodunit" of Cosmic Proportions
Most everyone credits Edwin Hubble with discovering that the universe is expanding. But historians believe the honor should really be shared with a lesser-known Belgian priest named Georges Lemaître. So what's the real story?
Videos about Sky & Telescope Magazine
Skywatch 2012 — A Preview
If you are wondering what's in the skies in 2012, Skywatch is just the magazine for you. This video is a preview of this year's issue. Skywatch is now available on newsstands in the U.S. and Canada.
Tune in for S&T's 70th Birthday Bash
Join the editors of Sky & Telescope on Thursday, October 20th, as we celebrate the magazine's 70th anniversary at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Past Meets Future at AAVSO's Centennial
Variable-star observers gathered to celebrate astronomy's most successful citizen-science organization. But old ways are ending, and a very different next century lies ahead for the AAVSO.
Three Cosmologists Share Nobel Prize
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics to (left to right) Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, and Adam Riess, whose observations of distant supernovae led to the realization that the expansion of our universe is accelerating.
Citizen Scientists Track Down New Planets
Using data gathered by the Kepler Space Telescope, a legion of amateur planet-hunting volunteers have perhaps uncovered the existence of two alien worlds.
SETI Projects Weather Recession
Although funding has eroded for SETI@home and the Allen Telescope Array in the past few years, both alien-hunting projects have survived, thanks to donors and volunteers.
