... Have you seen a bright evening star in the western sky lately? That's no star, that's planet Venus the second "rock" from the Sun. ... The massive, bus-sized spacecraft carried an unprecedented array of gamma-ray detectors which explored the bizarre, high-energy universe of solar flares, black holes, pulsars, supernovae, active galaxies, and gamma-ray bursts. ... Survivor: NEAR Shoemaker On Asteroid Eros . ... TT Cygni: Carbon Star . ... Maximum Sun . ... A Space Station Meets its Destiny . ...