Orion's Belt, part of the constellation Orion, has expanded to the point that it's down to its final belt hole, a renowned scientist said today.
Dr. Huang O'Flaherty, addressing the International Astronomical Union, told attendees, "Good morning...
Planetary astronomers are treading carefully after being labeled as planetists for using the term Dwarf Planet. The Technical Words Institute of Technology and Science, or T.W.I.T.S. for short, are protesting the derogatory nature of this astronomica...
Amateur astronomer Nils Snowberry explained how he has been trying to observe the ringed planet "when it wasn't aware he was looking."
Snowberry said he could swear that the ring structure shifts in angle when he takes too long to set up his te...
Washington - Dr. P. Knut of the International Space Station has discovered a star in the Milky Way surrounded by sugar. The sugar was detected using sensitive instruments that can tell the molecular structure and composition of tiny hunks of sugar l...
Aries
March 21st - April 19th
Your must win at any cost attitude must be kerbed this September, for the sake of the less violent people around you, and to help prevent the high risk levels from the 4th to the 11th, of your making yourself look a bigger prat than usual. Especially if fail to think before talking!
Your silent but deadly passing of wind, will reach new heights around the 14th,...
Two years after being demoted to the status of "interesting asteroid" Pluto may regain the title of planet after a fourth moon was found orbiting the distant object.
Pluto was not spotted until 1921, and was thought to be planet sized due to it's...
In theoretical physics and cosmological circles there has been a good mannered debate raging for several decades over what is holding all the matter in galaxies together.
"It's quite simple," said Brian Cox, presenter of The Sky At Night. "When we...
We all know about Twitter and its popularity in celeb circles; attracting as it does accounts by A-Listers as diverse as Britney Spears and the Dalai Lama. But now in what's believed to be first for the micro blogging site, Garok, an extraterrestrial...
Houston, TX-- A stunning disclosure from NASA today is confirming what most people already know--time passes much more quickly than it used to. Astronauts left very precise clocks on the moon during the late 1960's and early 1970's to test how time...
DUBLIN (ABSNN) -- Irish astronomers told the press today that the planets Venus and Jupiter will collide at 0327 GMT this coming Friday. The two planets seem only inches away this evening and may be seen in the Western sky said astronomers.
"We'r...
New York, NY-- Sky-watchers will have a very rare treat later this month when the moon shows its other face to Earth. The familiar 'man in the moon' will be gone, but only for a day. The dark side of the moon will shine instead, revealing its alie...
Houston, TX-- Scientists from around the world are alerting their governments to a 'complex' pole shift coming on March 21. Astronomers say that is the day that Earth will pass through the galactic plane of the Milky Way. No real damage is expected...
PRAGUE-On August 24th, 2006, yet another piece of our embarrassingly fragile childhood was destroyed. At a meeting of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague, a clear majority of astronomers voted for a definition of the term "planet" th...
TV space egghead Brian Cox is in more trouble today after a small west country town was devastated by a spate of burglaries last night.
The crimes were committed during a town-wide black-out, co-ordinated as part of Cox's three-night BBC2 astronom...
TV space boffin Brian Cox has been given a "rocket up the arse" by BBC bosses for urging members of his audience to change channels.
Cox was presenting the second episode in BBC2's three-night astronomy spectacular Stargazing Live with Irish comic...
London's astronomers are over the moon at the announcement that the London Borough of Ealing has been declared an International Dark-Sky Reserve.
'London is an international centre of excellence for numerous endeavours,' explained Mayor of London,...
Following the removal of Pluto's planet status by the International Astronomy Union in 2006, the dead orbiting body has received little respect. That is, until now. Discovered by the Hubbell telescope this past week, Pluto was found to have eviden...
Pasadena, Ca - Is a secret alien-hunting agenda behind Saturday's launch of NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory?
Astrophysicists at the Agency's Jet Convulsion Laboratory have always rubbished claims that the red planet is a hollow structu...