SUNSET: 
Interview with Joel Primack
S&T editor in chief Robert Naeye speaks with cosmologist Dr. Joel Primack about the evolution of the universe and the nature of dark matter and dark energy.
Saturn’s Raging Superstorm
Amateur astronomers not only discovered Saturn's superstomrm, they monitored its growth and evolution.
Bonus: Astrophotography in the National Parks
Take a peek at some of Tyler Nordgren's beautiful astro/landscape photography of the skies above national parks.
Sky & Telescope April 2012
FEATURED ARTICLES Galaxies Seen in a New Light By kicking the ultraviolet window wide open, GALEX has given astronomers new insights into galaxy evolution.By Michael Rich Mercury's Marvels Don't let its plain appearance fool you: the innermost planet has an enormous iron core, a surface awash with ancient volcanic flows,…
GALEX Galore
Additional images from the GALEX mission, highlighted in our April 2012 issue.
Interview with Michael Rich
A behind-the-scenes interview with Dr. Michael Rich on the wonders of the GALEX mission, explored in the April 2012 issue of Sky & Telescope
More Mercurian Marvels
Our April 2012 Mercury feature boasted beautiful planetscapes and fascinating discoveries. But we can only fit so much on a page. Here you'll find more fantastic sights of the closest world to the Sun, plus the latest news on the Iron Planet. NEWS March 2012: After a full year of…
Sky & Telescope March 2012
FEATURED ARTICLES An End in Sight After 200 years of mystery, Epsilon Aurigae is surrendering its secrets to an organized professional-amateur campaign.By Robert Stencel Finding the Sun's Lost Nursery Astronomers are trying to understand the cluster where the Sun was born 4.6 billion years ago.By Robert Zimmerman Bubbles, Jets, and…
Mark Giampapa on the Sun and Solar Twins
Tony FlandersThe cover story of Sky & Telescope’s March 2012 issue describes how astronomers would love to identify the Sun’s lost nursery. The article, by veteran science writer Robert Zimmerman, makes it very clear that the Sun’s birth cluster probably broke apart long ago, and all traces of the nebula…
Robert Stencel on Epsilon Aurigae
Tony FlandersFor the past several years, thousands of amateur astronomers around the world have recorded brightness observations of the enigmatic eclipsing binary star Epsilon Aurigae. They used everything from their naked eyes to sophisticated electronic detectors. Astronomers have known for nearly two centuries that the star dims by nearly a…
Videos from Thierry Legault
The March 2012 issue of Sky & Telescope features an article by the renowned planetary imager Thierry Legault on photographing the International Space Station (ISS). Here are a few of Legault's remarkable videos: Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the ISS ISS flyover, April 2010 Legault also images other spacecraft, such…
Sky & Telescope February 2012
FEATURED ARTICLES Einstein's Shadow A planet-wide telescope sets its sights on the well-kept secrets of black holes.By Camille M. Carlisle Lowell’s New Discovery Machine The Discovery Channel Telescope will bring the exploration of the universe to the public on a global scale.By Edwin L. Aguirre & Imelda B. Joson Chasing…
Nick Risinger on the Photopic Sky Survey
The February 2012 issue of Sky & Telescope details Nick Risinger’s year-long endeavor to image the entire night sky. Nick traveled to the western United States and South Africa to record more than 37,000 CCD images that became his Photopic Sky Survey. Imaging editor Sean Walker interviewed Nick to find…
The Discovery Channel Telescope
Venerable astronomical institutions rarely partner with large media companies to build new observatories. But such a collaboration is about to come to fruition on a 7,760-foot summit near Flagstaff, Arizona. Construction is essentially complete for the 4.3-meter Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT), a partnership between Lowell Observatory and Discovery Communications Inc.…
Sky & Telescope Errata: 2012
This article lists all known errors in issues of Sky & Telescope for 2012.
Sky & Telescope January 2012
FEATURED ARTICLES How Alien Astronomers Could Find Earth We could make it easier for our counterparts on distant planets to find evidence of our existence. But it would be a massive undertaking for us.By Joseph Lazio Hot Products for 2012 Cruise the editors' 27 picks for gear you might not…
In the Footsteps of the First Recorded Transit of Venus
Eli MaorIn the January 2012 issue of S&T, noted book author Eli Maor describes his visit to the small English town of Much Hoole, where astronomical history was made. In December 1639, one of the village’s residents, a 21-year-old astronomer named Jeremiah Horrocks, became the first human being to successfully…
Sky & Telescope December 2011
FEATURED ARTICLES Measuring Asteroids with Homemade Monsters Using home-built scopes of up to 32 inches, Bob Homes outdoes most of the world for tracking near-Earth asteroids. And he's just getting started.By Mike Lockwood Face to Face with a Giant NASA's new rover Curiosity will take Mars exploration to an entirely…
The November Asteroid Flyby:
Photometry Needed!
Amateur photometrists are being called into action for the little asteroid 2005 YU55, which is passing Earth for a few days around November 8, 2011. Here's what to do.
Sky & Telescope November 2011
FEATURED ARTICLES The Moon & the Origin of Frankenstein An astronomical investigation may have solved a lingering mystery surrounding the origin of the classic horror novel.By Donald W. Olson et. al. Galaxy Zoo and the Wisdom of Crowds By turning to legions of citizen scientists, astronomers have gained new insights…
