SUNSET: 
Sky at a Glance | November 5th, 2010
Jupiter rules the evening sky. Mira is still 3rd magnitude but starting to fade. And Venus and Saturn greet the dawn.
Sky at a Glance | October 29th, 2010
Jupiter shines high all evening. Mira remains (so far) at an unusually bright maximum. And keep an eye out for Taurid and Hartley-id meteors!
Sky at a Glance | October 22nd, 2010
Jupiter shines high all evening. Mira remains (so far!) at an unusually bright maximum. And at dawn, Saturn is returning to view with its rings newly widened.
Sky at a Glance | October 15th, 2010
The Moon and Jupiter dominate the evening. Comet Hartley 2 is passing its closest to Earth. And Mira is still in an unusually bright maximum.
Sky at a Glance | October 8th, 2010
Bright Jupiter dominates the evening sky. Comet Hartley 2 is at its best. And Mira is having an unusually bright maximum!
Sky at a Glance | October 1st, 2010
Bright Jupiter dominates the evening sky. But look deeper and you can find Mira near maximum and Comet Hartley 2 passing Cassiopeia.
"Potentially Habitable" Planet Found
Not too hot, not too cold, Gliese 581g orbits in the liquid-water temperature zone of a dim red-dwarf star just 20 light-years away.
Sky at a Glance | September 25th, 2010
The red variable star Mira is nearing its maximum brightness. But the eye-catcher dominating the evening is Jupiter, blazing unusually big and bright in the southeast.
Sky at a Glance | September 24th, 2010
The red variable star Mira is nearing its maximum brightness. But the eye-catcher dominating the evening is Jupiter, blazing unusually big and bright in the southeast.
Sky at a Glance | September 17th, 2010
Jupiter is having an unusually close opposition this week. On the night of Wednesday the 22nd the Moon shines next to it, also at opposition — full Moon!
Sky at a Glance | September 10th, 2010
Venus still lurks in the sunset, with Mars and Spica hiding nearby. Watch the Moon march past them. Big bright Jupiter, however, is the night's starring attraction — as it nears an unusually close opposition.
Two Exoplanets in an Interactive Dance
Two transiting planets of the star Kepler 9 are tugging on each other and swapping orbital energy back and forth. And a third planet may be watching on.
Sky at a Glance | August 20th, 2010
Spica joins Venus and Mars low in the afterglow of sunset. And late in the week, the Moon passes Jupiter.
A Runaway Star with a Story To Tell
Now streaking away in the Milky Way's outermost halo, HE 0437-5439 had a very close run-in with the galaxy's central black hole. And that was just the beginning.
Home Computers Dredge Up Weird Pulsar
The Einstein@Home project logs its first discovery, 17,000 light-years away in Vulpecula, through a computer in a couple's basement.
Sky at a Glance | August 13th, 2010
The Perseid meteors are still active late tonight! Meanwhile, the triangle of Venus, Saturn, and Mars continues to morph low in evening twilight.
Sky at a Glance | August 6th, 2010
The triangle of Venus, Saturn, and Mars continues its daily evolution low in the west after sunset. And Jupiter is now showing well in late evening.
An Evening Dance of Planets
Step outside as evening twilight fades, and you’ll find brilliant Venus, along with fainter Mars and Saturn, shining low in the west.
Sky at a Glance | July 30th, 2010
Venus, Saturn, and Mars have formed up into a triangle at dusk. Watch it change shape day by day. And Vega overhead means the Sagittarius Teapot, rich in deep-sky objects, is on best display in the south.
Dark Nights for the Perseids
Don't miss the year's best-known meteor shower, predicted to peak on the night of August 12th.
