SUNSET: 
Pluto's Shadow to Sweep Over North America
For the first time, professional and amateur telescopes from California to Texas will get to watch distant Pluto sweep directly in front of a star. The outcome will aid planning for the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft.
Update on March 18th's Occultation of a Star by Pluto
The countdown has begun for this important occultation of a 15th-magnitude star by Pluto, due to occur on Sunday morning, March 18, 2007.
A Comet Caught by Its Trail
A dedicated comet watcher has turned up something unexpected in images of Comet Encke taken with his 5-inch refractor: a trail of rubble strewn along the comet's orbit.
New Reconnaissance of Mars Well Under Way
Last week planetary scientists from around the world gathered in Houston, Texas, to see the first science results from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. They weren't disappointed.
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Saturn's Other Gassy Moon
Saturn's moon are turning out to be a gassy lot. First came Enceladus, whose geyers tower over its icy surface. Now scientists report that a second Saturnian satellite could be spewing material out into space.
NASA Craft Captures a Lunar "Transit"
The cameras were rolling on a recently launched solar observatory when the Moon crossed the Sun's disk.
A Young, Hot Enceladus?
How could a frozen world like Saturn's moon Enceladus ever be hot enough for geysers to form in the first place?
Got a Comet Craving? Grab the April S & T
Did you get a chance to see the brightest comet in the past four decades? Odds are that unless you live in the Southern Hemisphere, you didn't catch Comet McNaught in all of its spectacular glory. But worry not; we've collected the best images of the comet from both hemispheres and rushed them into the April issue of Sky & Telescope magazine — on newsstands now!
Best Pluto Occultation Ever Predicted for North America on March 18th
The best occultation of a star by Pluto ever predicted for North America will occur between 10:40 and 11:00 Universal Time on Sunday morning, March 18, 2007.
Your Lunar Eclipse Images
Weather was a major obstacle for seeing this weekend's total lunar eclipse. Many who did witness the Moon plunge into the Earth's shadow had to overcome rain showers, overcast skies, and high winds. But your pictures show that it was worth the effort.
Grazing Occultation of Bright Star During Tonight's Lunar Eclipse
Observers watching the eclipsed Moon with binoculars in northeastern North America on March 3, 2007, wiill see a 5th-magnitude star wink out.
Starry Starry Night
Open star clusters are among the most straightforward deep-sky objects to observe with binoculars, and three wonderful targets for Northern Hemisphere observers ride high overhead as darkness falls at this time of year.
This Weekend's Total Lunar Eclipse
For many of us, the Moon is about to go dark for the first time in 2½ years.
Jupiter's Changing Face
The King of the Solar System is undergoing an atmospheric face-lift
New Horizons to Encounter Jupiter
The speedy Pluto-bound probe prepares for its close encounter with Jupiter on February 28th. As it cruises past, the mission team will use the flyby as a test run, studying Jupiter, its moons, and the young storm Red Spot Jr., using the spacecraft's seven science instruments.
March 3rd's Total Lunar Eclipse
For many of us, the Moon is about to go dark for the first time in 2½ years.
Comet Chaos in the Helix's Heart
Colliding solid bodies, probably comet nuclei, have created a dusty debris disk near the center of the Helix planetary nebula in Aquarius, as revealed in infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Ulysses Starts Third Loop of Sun
A 16-year-old spacecraft is once again venturing where no other craft has gone before: over the Sun's polar regions.
DC to Host First "Night Symposium"
An unprecedented assembly of high-level experts will tackle the problem of saving dark skies.
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Don't Miss Out on the March S&T
Be sure to visit your newsstand for the March issue of Sky & Telescope. Inside you'll find all the information you'll need for March 3rd's lunar eclipse — the first total eclipse of the Moon since October 27–28, 2004, and much more.
