This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see in the sky.

The Northern and Southern Taurid meteor showers will peak in early to mid-November this year, possibly bringing fireballs.

Oddly enough, it was discovered four times prior to it receiving its name. The first to discover ... Instead, it is believed up to 10 asteroids may be responsible for the Northern Taurids.

My name is Joseph Beyer and I’m a pinhead (an affectionate ... As the years passed and the video game revolution began, ...

Why does the Earth spin? Sara H., age 5, New Paltz, New York A globe was the first thing I ever bought with my own money.

Hershey established his famous chocolate company in 1894 ... It's unclear why the sonorous rocks (their technical name) ring, though one geologist theory is that the rocks were under high pressure ...

It also houses several smaller telescopes used for various observations and research including planetary science, asteroids ... Gijduvan is famous for its distinctive pottery style, characterised ...

Expeditions have been launched from Duckburg to the Moon, Mars, Venus, the Asteroids, and more remote parts of the ... Scrooge proceeded to construct his famous Money Bin and established various ...

He wrote more than 80 books and 500 articles and short stories, including the famous novel “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968). It was written concurrently with Stanley Kubrick’s film of the same name and ...

The second asteroid's impact site is called the Nadir crater. Rock was liquified, launching a tsunami into the Atlantic Ocean ...

Material harvested from asteroids could be used to sustain astronauts during long-duration space missions. Researchers from Western University's Institute for Earth and Space Exploration have ...