Late Monday night, October 6-7, 2008, a tiny asteroid will enter Earth's atmosphere over Sudan, creating a spectacular explosion in the night sky.

An unexpected meteor burst was detected on the night of September 8-9. Bill Cooke of the Marshall Space Flight Center is urging meteor watchers to see if the activity continues on the night of September 9-10.

During May and June 2008, this visitor may be dimly visible without a telescope — but only if you live in the Southern Hemisphere.

Just magnitude 9 when discovered on April 18, 2008, this nova in Sagittarius has brightened tenfold.

Two Japanese amateurs captured the new star on April 10, 2008, at a spot where their camera had recorded nothing just three days earlier.

On March 8, 2008, this asteroid or one of its two moons could make a faint naked-eye star vanish briefly from the sky.

A huge, remote asteroid could briefly blot out a faint star in Gemini on February 10-11, 2008.

On Nov. 14, 2007, a star in the constellation Puppis suddenly became visible in binoculars.

On Wednesday, October 24, 2007, this faint comet between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter suddenly became a naked-eye "star."

New calculations indicate that Charon may actually occult an 8.7-magnitude star on Sept. 27, 2007.

Pluto will pass extremely close to an 8.7-magnitude star on September 27, 2007; observers should monitor the star's brightness electronically.

Late Wednesday night, September 19–20, 2007, observers across much of North America should watch for a possible occultation by asteroid 146 Lucina's satellite.

Amateur observations of variable star PQ Andromedae are needed on September 11-12, 2007, to ensure a successful Hubble campaign.

A suspected dwarf nova is undergoing its first observed outburst and had reached 9th magnitude as of September 5, 2007. More observations are needed.