Astronomy Humor

Andrew Fraknoi has a display of astronomy humor bumper stickers on his Facebook page.


I have a gallery of Astronomy Cake photos on Flickr.


Click here for Astronomy Humor images you can download.


SETI Screensaver joke


Years ago, when a small, previously unseen galaxy was discovered relatively near our Milky Way, it was nicknamed "Snickers" because, compared to our galaxy, it was just a peanut.

~ Dennis Schatz (www.dennisschatz.org) 

Source:    Astronomy in the Marketplace (1987) Used with permission.

Astronomy Playing Cards
Astronomy Playing Cards

My Place in Space - Art Contest for grades 2-4.


The Height of Your Flight Determines Your Sight


Jason Campbell (campbellcomics.com) has a black hole cartoon

IRelevant Astronomy

Astronomy isn't relevant, its irrelevant on according to NASA. See Wikipedia article on this video podcast series produced by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

 

T-shirt available from Neatoshop - design by Chris Murphy.

Astronomy Antics

 

by Prairie Kittin (Flickr ID:  Prairiekitten)
Creative Commons License

 

Fun Astronomy Products

Click here for a wide variety of astronomy items available from Cafe Press.

Click here for other astronomy products from NeatoShop. Neatorama is the store's related blog and is "consistently ranked as one of the top blogs in the world. We cover a wide range of topics, including technology, science, art and the weird and wonderful things we found on the Web."

Strange But True

The Astronomy Cafe website  was created in 1995 by NASA Astronomer Dr. Sten Odenwald.  The website's slogan is:"A web site for the astronomically disadvantaged." It has an 'Ask the Astronomer' section with answers to over 2000 questions.


Some of the most ridiculous astronomy questions asked on Yahoo.
Save 30-70% on 7,000+ comics & more at TFAW.com.

 

Books with Fun Titles

One customer review said "Monthy Python meets Einstein."
I learned a lot from this book which is an easy read.

International Year of Astronomy

Cosmic Poster Contest

There was a contest on the Big Island of Hawaii. The theme was 'The Universe - Yours to Discover'. Click here to for winning entries.

To celebrate the International Year of Astronomy (2009), an art contest for K-6th grade students was held in New York State. Click here to see the winning entries.