新天文學在天文學和天體物理學的所有領域發表文章，特別關注計算天文學：數學和天文學技術和方法、模擬、建模和數值結果以及儀器中的計算技術。新天文學包括全篇研究論文和綜述文章。該雜志涵蓋了太陽、恒星、銀河和銀河外天文學和天體物理學。它報告了從無線電到伽馬射線的所有波段的原始研究。

New Astronomy publishes articles in all fields of astronomy and astrophysics, with a particular focus on computational astronomy: mathematical and astronomy techniques and methodology, simulations, modelling and numerical results and computational techniques in instrumentation.New Astronomy includes full length research articles and review articles. The journal covers solar, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy and astrophysics. It reports on original research in all wavelength bands, ranging from radio to gamma-ray.