View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Dana Atkinson. Grandma got more than she bargained for when she brought in some greenery for Christmas. You might get some surprises too if you...
2024
All the Way to Texas
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Diamond ring. Photo © Andrew Stine. “Shall we go to Texas to see the eclipse?” I asked the family. “It’s four minutes and twenty seconds of totality...
End of the Trail, December 2024: Comets
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Study Guide Puzzles, December 2024
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They Offered unto Him…Gold and Frankincense
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The gold that the wise men from the East brought to Baby Jesus—do you suppose it was in the form of coins…nuggets…or some other form? Whatever form it was...
Frosty Bubbles
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Cross-polarization was used to creatively illuminate this frosty bubble. Photo © Don Komarechka. The clear globe with frost patterns caught my eye. I had...
Favorite Focus, December 2024
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Covers, November 2024
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Let’s Take a Hike, November 2024: Comet
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), as it was seen from the International Space Station on September 23, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Matthew...
“Look, There’s an Eagle!”
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Brant. Photo © Carolyn Difrancesco|Dreamstime.com. The November morning dawned cool and gray as we drove the last several miles to our destination of...
From the Editor’s Quill, November 2024
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Invisibles, November 2024: Lynx
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One Autumn Night
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Western Veil Nebula. Photo © Kevin and Adrian Shank. Rain was in the forecast, and clouds began to creep up out of the west. But as the sun sank behind...
Pictures & Poems, November 2024
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Wondernose: What tiny insect manufactures a product that’s commercially important throughout the world?
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Honeybee! Sounds like a logical answer, doesn’t it? What insect product is more important than honey? None, I suppose, but the answer to today’s riddle is...















