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March 2006

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.

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Japan visits an asteroid

by Don Yeomans

The Hayabusa probe revealed how different space rocks can be when it visited asteroid Itokawa.

Sungrazing comets

by Zdenek Sekanina

For comets straying too close to the Sun, breaking up is easy to do.

Living on Mars time

by Tim Palucka

When the Mars rovers landed, mission scientists existed in martian time.

Warning: Dust Ahead

by Trudy E. Bell

NASAт??s plans for human visits to the Moon and Mars may be waylaid by a common factor — dust.

The universe across the spectrum

by Richard Talcott

From radio waves to gamma rays, astronomers use all types of light to explore the cosmos.

Who knows what dangers lurk in space?

by Jacqueline Garget

Radiation can damage DNA and even kill, and it permeates space. How can we protect astronauts?

Take a deep-sky treasure hunt

by Michael E. Bakich

One special night can show you the northern skyт??s 109 best objects.

The fabulous foothill gang

by Tony Hallas

Central Californiaт??s astronomical brain trust boasts imagers, inventors, and manufacturers.

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by Phil Harrington

Convenience, low cost, and good optics make for a fine pair of travel scopes.

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