The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review publishes invited reviews by leading experts from around the world. The range of topics covered includes all areas of astronomy and astrophysics; cosmic ray physics; studies in the solar system; astrobiology; developments in laboratory or particle physics directly relevant to astronomy; instrumentation; computational or statistical methods with specific astronomical applications; and other subjects relevant to astronomy and astrophysics.All important fields are reviewed from time to time, with the frequency of review depending on the amount of research activity. The editors choose articles for both their scientific quality, and for their readability. They thereby provide an excellent starting point for scientists or students seeking access to a new or unfamiliar field as well as for researchers and lecturers in need of authoritative material in fields with which they are less familiar.

《天文學和天體物理學評論》刊登了來自世界各地的著名專家應邀發表的評論。所涉專題范圍包括天文學和天體物理學的所有領域；宇宙射線物理學；太陽系的研究；天體生物學；與天文學直接相關的實驗室或粒子物理學的發展；儀器；具有特定天文學應用的計算或統計方法；以及其他與天文學和天體物理學有關的學科。所有重要的領域都不時進行審查，審查的頻率取決于研究活動的數量。編輯們選擇文章既要考慮其科學質量，也要考慮其可讀性。因此，它們為尋求進入一個新的或不熟悉的領域的科學家或學生以及在他們不太熟悉的領域需要權威材料的研究人員和講師提供了一個極好的起點。