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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 27/03/2026
The newly constructed Timau Observatory in the East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia and the indigenous communities in the area are already experiencing the pollution of the night sky inflicted by nations on the other side of the globe. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An image of the night sky as seen through a telescope, but severely affected by satellite streaking.
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 26/01/2026
Our January issue is now available to read! dlvr.it/TQZNLm The cover image comes courtesy of Akhil Uniyal and Luciano Rezzolla. #astronomy
Red, orange and yellow material sloughs from three concentric circles, representing the accreting disks around black holes.
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 18/11/2025
Our special November issue, celebrating 30 years of exoplanets, is now here! bit.ly/483MH9I #astronomy #exoplanets
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 20/06/2025
This month we highlight a score of Black astronomers trying to pursue their ambitions without fear, and Black In Astro, an organization supporting predominantly early-career Black people working in the space sciences. Editorial: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #BlackSpaceWeek #EquityInSTEM 🔭
A page of text headed 'Editorial'.
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 20/06/2025
Our June(teenth) issue is now here to read: bit.ly/3ZI5VOV The cover image depicts a ticking time bomb... a supernova progenitor on our doorstep! But don't worry, we still have a good 20 billion years until it goes bang.
Two luminescent blue-ish white dwarf stars interact through a transfer of a plasma stream. One star is surrounded by reddish ejecta; the other appears distorted.
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 25/04/2025
Elizabeth Stanway reviews a new book edited by Keith Cooper, "Amazing worlds of science fiction and science fact", which brings together scientists and SF authors: nature.com/articles/s41...
This quote reads, "[Amazing Worlds] encourages readers to recognize the ways in which changing science changes our worldview, and to ponder both the potential and limitations of our explorations of exoplanets -- real or imagined." and is credited to Elizabeth R. Stanway.
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 25/04/2025
Our April issue is now available to read! The cover image shows the (simulated) filaments of the cosmic web, and comes courtesy of the Tornotti et al. paper within the issue: nature.com/natastron/vo... #AstroSci
A network of red and yellow filaments, representing the cosmic web, stretches across a dark blue background on the cover of the April issue of Nature Astronomy. The coverline reads: "Universal connections".
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 20/03/2025
Our March issue is here to read: bit.ly/4il4GfW The dynamic-looking cover image represents cosmic rays in galaxy clusters, and is linked to the Reichherzer et al. paper within the issue.
Black cosmic-ray streamlines are overlayed with yellow patches where micromirror scattering occurs.
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 24/01/2025
Also in the issue, our Editor Lindsay Oldham has reviewed the recently published book 'LUNAR: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps and Matter' (edited by Matthew Shindell): www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Text that reads: "There are so many parts in Shindell’s 
Lunar, with the range of contributing 
authors enabling it to present a wide 
diversity of perspectives"
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 24/01/2025
Our January issue is now available to read! The retro cover depicts signals from a distant galaxy, and is connected to the Zavala et al. paper within the issue. www.nature.com/natastron/vo... #Astronomy
A red spectral signal from a distant galaxy beams towards us while Galactic fireworks streak across the image in a warp-speed effect.
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 02/01/2025
The December issue, and the final issue of volume 8 of Nature Astronomy, is now available to read: nature.com/natastron/vo... The wonderful cover image shows the movement of galaxies towards basins of attraction, and is linked to the Valade et al. paper in the issue.
The monochrome cover image of Nature Astronomy's December issue shows dendritic streamlines depicting galaxies being drawn towards 'basins of attraction', as defined within the Valade et al. paper within the issue.
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 21/12/2024
The winner of cover of the year for 2024 is the September cover connected to the Caleb, Lenc et al. paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congratulations to all involved, particularly Carl Knox @ozgrav.bsky.social and @csiro.bsky.social #NAstroCoverComp #astronomy
This image shows the cover image for the September issue of Nature Astronomy, featuring the ASKAP telescope pointing at a night sky that is split half and half. The left half features a pulsar, with curling purple magnetic field lines; the right half a white dwarf against a starry backdrop.
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 20/12/2024
In the other place, there is currently a live vote for our 'cover of the year' for 2024. The three cover images in contention are these, and the vote can be found here: x.com/NatureAstron...
Three cover pages from the journal Nature Astronomy, one depicting an accretion disk around a black hole, one a region of the interstellar medium in Orion and the third a stylised version of a pulsar and a white dwarf, along with the ASKAP telescope.
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