A calendar is a system of organizing time in terms of days, weeks, months and years for the purpose of measuring and recording time over extended periods. The basis of ...

Makemake is a "dwarf planet" orbiting the Sun. It is about an eighth of the diameter of Earth. Discovered just prior to Easter in 2005, it had been nicknamed "Easterbunny ...

Astronomy Cast takes a fact based journey through the cosmos as it offers listeners weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Hosted by Fraser Cain and Dr ...

Hanny Van Arkel, a schoolteacher from the Netherlands, discovered a new astronomical object in space using the website Galaxy Zoo. The strange object has been called a "cosmic ghost" and ...

Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt region of the Solar System. It is the second-largest known dwarf planet next to Eris, and was considered a full-fledged planet ...

Archaeoastronomy explores how ancient cultures interpreted and related to planetary elements and astronomical phenomena.http://library.thinkquest.org/C0118421/main.html It began as a field of scientific inquiry in ...

The Perseid Meteor Shower is an annual astronomy event that is the result of Earth traveling through the debris field of the Comet Swift-Tuttle.

Typhoon Ketsana (International designation: 0916, JTWC designation: 17W, PAGASA name: Ondoy) formed early on September 23 2009, about 860 km (535 mi) to the northwest of Palau. The depression remained ...