An automated telescope that traces asteroids has discovered a chunk of rock some 40 metres in diameter that is circling the Sun in an orbit close to the Earth's. The asteroid

The Universe may be expanding

The search for extraterrestrial life

the first telescope images of the

THE first telescope images of dust rings around distant stars reveal powerful new evidence of planets formed beyond the solar system. This was stated by US astronomers at the national meeting of the

There are 125 billion galaxies in the Universe

Lenoid meteor shower, the biggest astronomical non event of 1998, caused hardly any damage to orbiting satellites

Our neighbour in the cosmos, the Andromeda Galaxy is home to puzzling concentric rings of cold dust that may one day sparkle with stars, say astronomers. Using the Infrared Space Observatory,

The Hubble Space Telescope detects some of the oldest galaxies in the Universe

Stars on the Net The biggest cosmic event of the year, the meteor showers was not as impressive as most experts had us believe. A few meteors here, a few there and then it was over. But star