Picture gigantic chunks of rock and ice hurtling on a collision course towards earth. This forceful issue explains how asteroids find their way into the inner solar system and what …

Celestial Design, Dazzled by Solar Eclipses, Magpies Across the Milk Way, and Was Jupiter the Star of Bethlehem? are the featured articles in this stellar issue. Readers can travel …

Shoot (for) the stars using Odyssey's tips and techniques to get spectacular sky shots with a 35mm camera, a tripod, and a cable release. Since Galileo's discovery of the telescope …

The history and new science surrounding the Northern Lights. To include Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland's quest, modern solar research, ancient cultures' view of the lights, …

The "big bang" theory of how the universe came to be is at the center of all the excitement. Reader interest will be sparked by an interview with cosmologist Allan Sandage and an i …

Muse has a close encounter with a black hole, about 15 light-years from Earth! Sink or be sunk in a game of battleship, take a trip to Madagascar and meet the mysterious tenrec, an …

The record-setter Comet Hale-Bopp suggested this "trivia" issue of ODYSSEY. Each topic, ranging from the longest eclipse and the darkest lunar eclipse to the longest tail of a come …

Welcome to the world of Quantum Physics and the unseen universe of subatomic particles that may just hold the answers to the secrets of how the universe began. Delve into the myste …

This issue highlights the Leonid Meteor Shower - how big will it be? Other topics include: the threats posed by space debris; neutrinos; gamma rays of doom; the latest on the aster …

Enter the race to discover the first earth-like world as Odyssey focuses on finding the answer to the biggest mystery of all - does Earth have a twin? Consider, along with astrono …

Experience the wonder of the skies and their celestial coincidences as Odyssey brings you up to date on the terrestrial phenomena known as eclipses. Travel on an eclipse expeditio …

It’s a bird, it’s a plane… it’s Ask, in outer space! “Our Weird Neighborhood” explains how our solar system formed and what our neighboring planets are doing right now. Comp …

Turn an ear toward the heavens and try to find our counterparts in the cosmos in this probing issue. Captivating questions about the existence of extraterrestrial life and how we m …

The Milky Way is but one of billions of galaxies in the universe. This issue takes a mind-boggling look at these beautiful spiral, disk and elliptical shapes made of stars, dust an …

This issue of Odyssey is packed with fascinating glimpses of cooperative ventures in space, from students negotiating a space treaty to an American’s participation in a cosmonaut-t …

In August, the Red Planet will be at its closest to Earth since the time of the pyramids. We'll explain why, and offer tips on how to observe the phenomenon. Results from Mars Odys …

"In one of the friendliest, most original treatments, Steve Wills covers the spectrum of astronomy and space from the ancient skywatchers to Einstein and Hawking, from the Solar Sy …

Features include: Click and the Kids, A Star's Story, Man in the Moon, Grandpa Takes Me to the Moon, Yo Wants to Know, Shooting Stars, Waiting for Luna, Watching the Moon

Lunar Prospector, the first NASA spacecraft to the moon since the 1972 Apollo mission, is the precursor to our next phase of lunar exploration. It has already told us that there is …

You're invited to take an orbit around the night sky with this celestial edition. Explore planets, stars and the nature of space itself with Yo and other Click favorites in an issu …

Zoom in on the cosmos with this awesome edition. Travel with space artists to places on earth that resemble the other worlds they depict, and visit a space artist who paints with s …

The first planets (the wandering sun and moon), the "planet" asteroids, the discoveries of Uranus and Neptune, Vulcan, the mythical planet; the Great Divide (Earth, Venus, and Mars …

Take an interplanetary tour around our universe in this fascinating issue of APPLESEEDS. You can travel to the nine -oops, make that eight - planets in our solar system or stay her …

Believers and skeptics alike will want to explore this extraterrestrial edition. Meet a science advisor to the creator of The X-Files, and learn about the work Dian Fossey pioneere …

The inspiring features listed in this issue say it all: Looking Up and Back: A History of 'Making the Sky'; The Magic of the Show; Eyes and Ears on the Sky: The Heavenly Music of P …

From when mythological gods ruled the planet, to when Ben Franklin conducted his famous key-and-kite experiment, to the actual discovery of lightning above the clouds and on other …

Features include: Making Moons, Life Without Gravity, Home Sweet Moon, Loony Moons, Build a Fizzy Rocket

The spotlight's on Pluto -- our smallest planet and one that, as of this issue, had not been visited by spacecraft -- and its phenomenal moon, Charon, in this far out edition. Foll …

A natural with apologies to Arthur C. Clarke. Human travel in space; the Mars missions, Cassini, Galileo, and others; sci-fi; space weather; space safety. This issue will take a lo …

Ten years ago Russians and Americans began working together in space. This issue takes a look at the people and the science involved as the US shuttle, Atlantis, inched up under Ru …

Set your sights on the vast frontier of space as Odyssey takes readers on a high-flying journey of discovery. Start your own space-stamp collection, launch a scientific balloon int …

Move into space with scientists and researchers conducting experiments as they free fall around the earth. Features include Marvelous Microgravity, Outpost in Space and Lessons fro …

Every curious kid eventually looks up into the night sky and asks what it’s all about. Let Jack Horkheimer, host of PBS’s Star Gazer, give them the big picture in this wonderful fa …

From pulsating to variable, explosive to supernovae, all stars rise to brilliance from humble beginnings - and they're uncovered in this issue. Revealing articles include The Secre …

There's plenty of fuel for thought in this cool collection of interstellar travel research. Readers will be inspired to take up the quest to reach the stars by Fusion Power and Int …

How do scientists learn about the sun? Discover this and other mind-boggling facts about this massive star are revealed in this red hot edition. Features a special section about ar …

With space craft now exploring unknown regions of the sun, scientists are learning more and more about Earth's nearest blazing orb. Join us in a really hot topic as Odyssey takes a …

Astronauts test space suits worth millions in our cover story. Discover who built the pyramids and how. Enjoy an excerpt from What Life was Like: On the Banks of the Nile; fold an …

Is the universe open, closed, or flat? Will it end in a Big Crunch or a cold death? What can supernovae tell us about the future? Could gravity be wrong? We'll look at dark matter …

What does it takes to map the vastness of space? Find out as Odyssey elucidates how cartographers moved from drawing a flat plane of the sky to making three-dimensional models of t …

It's humans to the red planet in this special edition that roves over Mars and the challenges its exploration presents. Mars, Ho!, The Search for Martians, The MISR-ly Way to Mars, …

This issue takes off with an interview with astronaut Eugene Cernan, an introduction to a few female astronauts, and an article about some pioneer astrocreatures. The delightfully …