Artist's conception of the dusty disk thought to eclipse the star Epsilon Aurigae. Illustration by Nico Camargo and courtesy www.citizensky.orgFrom The National Geographic:
While relatively few people were looking, an unusual eclipse darkened New Year's Day.
On January 1 a giant space object blotted out our view of Epsilon Aurigae, a yellow supergiant star about 2,000 light-years from Earth. Based on studies of Epsilon Aurigae's previous eclipses, astronomers expect the star won't fully regain its bright shine until early 2011.
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