Earth's has survived a near miss with an asteroid, after its closest fly-by in 200 years. Passing our planet by just a mere 350 miles, the 400-metre-wide rock was invisible to the naked eye.
The Hubble telescope celebrates its 20th anniversary this weekend. Over the years, NASA's first orbiting space telescope has filtered down stunning images of deep space and heightened scientists' understanding of the universe.
As part of the Year of Astronomy, which celebrates the 400th anniversary of Galileo's discovery of the telescope, observatories are encouraging people to come and observe the heavens.
French sky observation base Pic du Midi wants to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by creating Europe's first "protected sky reserve". To achieve that, scientists must convince the surrounding towns to lessen their light pollution.
