The latest news and stories from Astronomy Magazine

11/18/2009 11:00 AM
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory investigates the Sun's cycle of highs and lows
This is the first mission of NASA's Living With a Star program, which seeks to reveal how solar activity is generated and to understand the causes of solar variability and its impact on Earth.

11/18/2009 11:00 AM
NASA provides venerable Hubble hardware to Smithsonian
Astronauts brought back the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 and the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement after more than 15 years in space.

11/17/2009 11:00 AM
Record-breaking radio astronomy project to measure sky with extreme precision
Telescopes on seven continents will observe 243 distant quasars.

11/16/2009 11:00 AM
Close-up movie shows hidden details in the birth of super suns
Massive stars form like their smaller siblings, with disk accretion and magnetic fields playing crucial roles.

11/16/2009 11:00 AM
Shuttle Atlantis headed for delivery stop at International Space Station
Atlantis is carrying about 30,000 pounds of replacement parts for systems that provide power to the station, keep it from overheating, and maintain a proper orientation in space.

11/16/2009 11:00 AM
Astronomers discover an extrasolar planet with a highly tilted orbit
Retrograde or spin-orbit misaligned planets are important for understanding the diversity of planetary systems, and they provide important evidence for assessing current planetary migration models.

11/13/2009 11:00 AM
Water in Moon crater, LCROSS impact reveals
Twin impacts in the Cabeus crater created a plume of material from the bottom of a crater that has not seen sunlight in billions of years.

11/13/2009 11:00 AM
Rosetta bound for outer solar system after final Earth swing-by
Rosetta is now departing Earth to meet asteroid (21) Lutetia in July 2010.

11/13/2009 11:00 AM
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11/12/2009 11:00 AM
NASA to begin attempts to free sand-trapped Mars rover
Researchers expect the extraction process to be long and the outcome uncertain.

11/11/2009 11:00 AM
Swift, XMM-Newton satellites tune in to a middleweight black hole
Astronomers find that an X-ray source in galaxy NGC 5408 represents one of the best cases for a middleweight black hole to date.

10/23/2009 11:00 AM
Astronomy magazine accepting entries for 2009 outreach award
Astronomy's Out-of-this-world Award recognizes excellence in astronomy outreach. The winning group receives $2,500 to put toward their public programming.

09/14/2009 10:00 AM
Astronomy magazine celebrates its new observatory
On September 17, 2009, editors will dedicate the magazine's observatory at Rancho Hidalgo, near Animas, New Mexico.

06/15/2009 10:00 AM
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): NASA's mission to map the lunar surface
Keep up with Astronomy magazine's coverage of this important mission. Here you'll find the latest headlines and blogs about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS).