Are you an avid stargazer? Do you have a keen interest in all things related to outer space? If so, you might be wondering how to become an astronomer. A ...

On October 5, 2008, an asteroid on a collision course with earth was identified by astronomers at Catalina Sky Survey observatory in Tucson, Arizona.National Geographic: Boulder-Size Asteroid ... (October 6 ...

The Maunder Minimum refers to a period of time between 1645 and 1715 when solar activity was extremely low. Contemporary scientists examined recorded data from the time and discovered that ...

WASP-17b is a newly discovered planet that is about 1,000 light years away from the earth in the constellation Scorpius.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1206148/Backwards-galaxy-First-planet-orbits-opposite-direction-star.html ...

Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory announced on June 16, 2008, that they had discovered three rocky planets orbiting a star some 42 light-years away.

On May 14, 2008, NASA scientists held a teleconference to announce "the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years." The object ...

Neptune is the fourth largest planet in the Solar System, and is the most distant official planet that orbits the Sun. It is considered one of the "gas giants" because ...

On the evening of June 18, 2008, the moon appeared to many to be exceptionally large and close to Earth. Astronomers say this "moon illusion" normally happens a few days ...