Space is to receive a 400 million acre extension, with stunning sea views and an en-suite bathroom facility. Several planets and a plethora of stars will also be included.
Local government officials initially rejected the plans, stating that the e...
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...
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...
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...
Following earlier press releases about the identification of additional Earth sized planets in our galaxy, NASA has followed up with an additional study identifying similar sized planets orbiting within the confines of Newt Gingrich's skull.
"We w...
In the first of our handy beginner's guides, we delve in to the mysterious, and often mind-jangling field of space!
What is it? Where did it come from? Who, or what is in it?
All these things, and a few more, will be answered in our easily printable guide.
For the full on novice, or the more studied amateur, this top ten fact-file will impress and delight, enabling you to talk knowledgeab...
A new planet discovered by the Keppler telescope has turned out to be no bigger than a speck of dust, say scientists at the world famous Keppler Nerdshed.
"We were excited by the discovery of a planet orbiting two stars," said Professor Devlin Som...
Houston, TX-- The earth is about to get a lot of new neighbors, beginning today. At least 500 interstellar planets will enter our Solar System, and stay around for the next ten years. There is little danger of any planetary collision with the new a...
A distant planet that orbits a red dwarf star has revealed evidence so startling it has resulted in fashion and television personality Gok Wan and R 'n' B singer Chris Brown being hauled off to an underground prison. Government officials from both Br...
Houston, TX - The head of NASA telephoned President Obama this morning with some very unhappy news. Planet X is expected to slam into the Atlantic Ocean in just a handful of weeks. President Obama was seen weeping in the Oval Office, and cancelled a...
Houston, TX - NASA is reporting today that the Kepler Mission has spotted five gay planets rotating around a distant sun. NASA says the five gay planets are 'poofy' and orbit their sun in a kind of 'circle jerk'. Another, heavier planet was discove...
Alien technology experts fear reprisals against Earth from a newly-discovered "Super-Earth."
The plant, GJ 1214b, is about three times larger than our planet but is the first such extra-solar body scientists have found with an atmosphere.
Astro...
Space - (Nitrous Oxide Mess): Two massive purple balls of lactic space gas have been discovered straddling the Milky Way.
British Gas astronomers immediately hiked up the nation's domestic tariffs to stave off untoward competition from the cosmic...
The Universe is teeming with other planets capable of supporting alien life, according to a new study.
After studying stars similar to the Sun, astronomers found that almost one in four have planets similar to Earth but have been keeping themselv...
Astronomers say they have for the first time ever, spotted a planet beyond our own in what is sometimes called the 'Goldilocks' zone for life: Not too hot, not too cold. but juuuust right.
"That sounds a little like Dr. Seuss but with our breakthr...
As if on cue, and akin to the performance seen on camera when the last "Ice Probe" drove itself into the lunar surface without so much as a puff of dust, NASA scientists were again throwing their pocket protectors in the air in celebration of the Ke...
HootinHoller TN - The National Society of Hillbilly Astronomers met this week and decided to rename Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, Urbigfatass.
The announcement was made by this year's president Big Emma Hickey who has no formal training...
The Spoof can reveal professional fatty and lay-about Phil Jupitus, is actually the Giant Gas planet 'Jupiter'.
For years the general public wondered where he came from and what the hell he does, but our undercover reporter has discovered the iden...