SUNSET: 
An Annular Eclipse in May
At the end of May, observers in several fairly remote locations will see the Moon nearly hide the Sun.
May's Total Lunar Eclipse
For almost an hour in mid-May, the Moon will turn dim and fiery orange.
Astro News Briefs: April 7–13
Jupiter Gains Six in "Moon Race"... April 9, 2003 | The surge of satellite discoveries around giant Jupiter continues, with six new ones chalked up in February and announced late last week. Each mountain-size moonlet, roughly 2 kilometers across, is traveling in a distant, "irregular" orbit having a large eccentricity…
Astro Image in the News:
Interstellar Ripples
This Hubble Space Telescope view of the Egg Nebula looks as if someone tossed a pebble into a celestial pond.
Monster Gamma-Ray Burst
A few days ago we got hit by the nearest major gamma-ray burst ever. It was bright enough that many amateur astronomers imaged it.
National Dark-Sky Week Begins
A high-school student has begun a grassroots movement to save the night sky.
Hubble Captures a Protoplanetary Disk
Spiral rings appear in a young star's dusk disk that's ten times larger than our solar system.
Stronger Case for Midsize Black Holes
They're much more massive than stars, but much less massive than the black holes in galaxy cores. How do they happen?
Astro Image in the News:
A Spectacular Light Echo
An erupting star in Monoceros spreads its light across surrounding gas and dust.
Spunky Satellite Unveils Cosmic Explosions
The HETE-2 satellite is helping astronomers cement the link between gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.
Thermonuclear Blast
The Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals the aftermath of supernova.
Too Few Lunar Meteorites
We find as many chunks of Mars lying on Earth as chunks of the Moon — even though the Moon is closer and loses pieces more easily. Something is amiss.
Comet Juels-Holvorcem Visible at Dawn
The comet has brightened considerably since its discovery in late 2002 and is now an easy binocular object in the constellation Andromeda.
Radiation Dangers for Mars Astronauts Downgraded
An experiment onboard Mars Odyssey suggests that radiation isn't as big a concern for Mars astronauts as once thought.
Jupiter's Weather Gets Clearer
During its flyby of Jupiter, the Cassini spacecraft found that Jupiter's weather is far more complex than previously thought.
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in 2003
With our detailed charts, you'll be able to locate the outer planets Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto the rest of the year.
Lumicon Returns
After closing its doors last year, Lumicon will be back in business in the coming months.
Astro News Briefs: March 10–16
Yet More Moons for Jupiter March 11, 2003 | Hot on the heels of last week's announcement, Scott Sheppard (University of Hawaii) has added to Jupiter's satellite tally yet again, having found four more, bringing the planet's moon count to 52. These latest moonlets were announced by the International Astronomical…
How Bright Was History's Brightest Supernova?
The dazzling supernova of the year 1006 amazed the medieval world. Now astronomers have pinned down its distance and brightness.
