CELEBRATING GALILEO'S SIDEREUS NUNCIUS The book's enduring message on our view of the night sky

#190 MARCH 2021

Sky at Night

THE UK’S BEST SELLING ASTRONOMY MAGAZINE TH S NG AS NOM M Z E

The return of

AURORA SEASON

Why we see the Northern Lights and how to find them for yourself

ONE FINE SIGHT

When to look for the

thin crescent Moon

this month

BRINGING BACK BENNU The thrilling story of Osiris-Rex's asteroid sample-return mission

PLANET HUNTERS: THE CELESTIAL POLICE The 18th-century astronomers whose failed mission found Vesta

UAE'S HOPE FOR MARS

Inside the Emirates' pioneering mission

ASTRO CAMERA 101 Get to know your CCDs

from your DSLRs

STEALTHY SINGULARITY Scientists locate the closest

black hole to Earth