The Betelgeuse Occultation. On December 12, the red giant star Betelgeuse, which is in the final phases of its life and when it dies it will do so as a supernova, was eclipsed by the asteroid 319 Leona,

Total ECLIPS of the Sun. The most important astronomical event in 2017: It's spectacular, the US has not seen such a thing for 99 years