Here at www.stars-and-planets.com we aim to bring you all the latest news and information about our solar system, galaxy and universe with daily updated news.

In addition we provide information and facts about the stars and planets together with all the latest space gadgets, gifts and toys at our space shop. This shop is also packed with all the latest telescopes, planetariums and even space posters from NASA with some amazing pictures of the stars, planets and outer space.

Some stars and planets trivia to whet your appetite:

The scientific name for the twinkling of stars is stellar scintillation (or astronomical scintillation). Stars twinkle when we see them from the Earth's surface because we are viewing them through thick layers of turbulent (moving) air in the Earth's atmosphere.

Check out our space quiz here or more facts here.