SUNSET: 
Leonids 2007
The Leonid meteor shower peaks on the morning of Sunday, November 18th.
Nova in Puppis
On Nov. 14, 2007, a star in the constellation Puppis suddenly became visible in binoculars.
Our Sun's Twin
A faint but observable star in Draco is the closest match yet to the one at the center of our solar system.
Good Morning Earth
The Kaguya spacecraft provides a nice way to start the day with a look back home.
Do We Really Need Jupiter?
Jupiter deflects objects like comets before they have a chance to hit Earth. Without it, there would have been so many impacts that life wouldn't have gotten far on Earth. Right? Perhaps not.
Rosetta Attacks!
Briefly mistaken for an asteroid headed toward Earth, a European-built comet chaser zips by en route to its deep-space rendezvous.
China Reaches the Moon
A Chinese spacecraft named Chang'e 1 is preparing to study the Moon at close range after successfully settling into lunar orbit.
Rain of Super-Particles
A 45-year mystery solved? Scientists using the new Pierre Auger Observatory say they've finally tracked down where ultra-high-energy cosmic rays — "tennis ball particles" — are coming from.
Comet Holmes Starting to Fade
Moonlight aside, conditions remain good for seeing Comet Holmes. But the fuzzy new “star” in Perseus been enlarging and losing surface brightness, and this week it's so close to the star Alpha Persei (Mirfak) that the star interferes with its visibility. Use binoculars.
Astro Image in the News:
A Predawn Spectacle
What did you have for breakfast? One lucky skygazer feasted on the International Space Station, Space Shuttle, the Pleiades, and Comet Holmes — all at once!
A Star with Five Planets
The Sun-like star 55 Cancri, just 41 light-years away, is now known to have at least five planets orbiting it.
New Route to a Supernova
A distant supernova erupted with signs that it marked the death of not one star, but two.
In the Fires' Wake
The wildfires that ravaged Southern California in late October threatened — but did not damage — some important astronomical facilities.
November's Audio Guide to the Heavens
Finding Comet Holmes — and other great sky sights — is a snap if you download this podcast to your MP3 player and head outdoors after dark.
The Record Stellar-Mass Black Hole
In a nearby galaxy, astronomers find the biggest-ever small black hole.
Seeing More Red
A new series about going to Mars premieres this week. But that's just the beginning of your multimedia adventure.
Comet Holmes: A Halloween Treat!
Greet your trick-or-treaters with two Halloween treats: a bit of candy and a view of Comet Holmes.
Betelgeuse: Star in a Shell
New measurements taken with the Very Large Telescope interferometer in Chile may help to answer what causes Betelgeuse to vary in brightness — and also why red supergiants have bigger atmospheres than astronomers can explain.
Comet Holmes Beckons Skygazers Worldwide
As of January 4th the comet, ever-enlarging and thinning, is still in naked-eye view — but only if you have a fairly dark-sky site. Use binoculars to follow its next moves.
Meade Looks to a Brighter Future
The world's largest telescope manufacturer is making some changes in a bid to turn around the company's disappointing financial performance.
