Sky & Telescope July 2025 Magazine

Insipiring Outreach, Moving Stars, and Imaging at High Resolution

In the July 2025 issue of Sky & Telescope, we’re covering several inspiring public outreach stories as well as offering some tips on how you can get involved in your own community. First, we follow along with a group of teachers in Idaho, who teamed up with Unistellar and SETI to bring the wonders of the night sky and citizen science to students across the state. Then, Ted Forte guides us on a tour of his favorite showstopping summer targets to share with people who are looking through a telescope for the first time.  Also in this issue, we take a deep dive into the myriad complex molecules that make up the universe and even life itself. We also travel back in time to visit American astronomer Frank Ross and learn how he used a blink comparator to locate the Sun’s closest stellar neighbors.