Who Was the Last Man to Discover a Planet?
Clyde Tombaugh, a young American research student, made the last discovery of a planet while working in 1930 at the Lowell Observatory, Ariz
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Solar System
How Was the World Formed?
In the beginning our universe was a mass of white-hot vapors and molten materials whirling about in space. Our world was formed from this. A
Who Made the First Dish Telescope?
The first dish (or radio) telescope was made in 1942 by an American, Grote Reber, of Wheaton, Illinois. He constructed his apparatus after s
What Is the Milky Way Galaxy?
The Milky Way, or Galaxy, is the whole concourse of stars and other bodies which can be seen stretched across the heavens. It includes our o
What Is a Meteorite?
What Is a Meteorite? Meteorites begin as bodies of matter traveling at great speed through space. In the solar system there are numberless s