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Space & Astonomy > Astronomy


On 23rd January, 1906,
 Asteroid #582 Olympia was discovered by A. Kopff... Read more »

On 21st October, 1923,
 One of the first planetariums opened in Germany... Read more »

On 18th February, 1930,
 The dwarf planet, Pluto, was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh... Read more »

On 13th February, 1935,
 Hendrik van Gent discovered asteroids 1342 Brabantia and 1353 Maartje... Read more »

On 23rd April, 1962,
 NASA launched the Ranger 4 spacecraft... Read more »

On 14th June, 1962,
 A signed agreement marked the beginning of what would become the ESA... Read more »

On 10th August, 1966,
 The Lunar Orbiter I was launched by the U.S.... Read more »

On 6th January, 1987,
 Astronomers first witnessed the birth of a galaxy... Read more »

On 12th January, 2005,
 The Deep Impact space probe, which studied comet 9P/Tempel, was launched... Read more »