Humor About Astronomy and Space

Even though man has studied the heavens for thousands of years, we still know very little about the Universe we live in. And as we continue to learn more, we are consistently amazed, and sometimes confused, by what we learn. Here is a collection of amazing, interesting, and strange facts about our Universe.

What is it about hoaxes that cause so many people to perpetrate them? Is there some thrill or adrenaline rush, or could it just be a feeling of superiority? I admit to occasionally being a practical joker, myself. Are these hoaxes just larger versions of my practical jokes? The hoaxes described below are definitely fascinating reading. Thanks to the Museum of Hoaxes ebsite for gathering so many of these in one place.

April Fools! If you arrived on this page from a link, Gotcha! It was just an April Fools Day joke. Check out real articles and also find out what happened this date in history.

While this web comic by a guy named Doc does stray occasionally, it has an astronomy and space theme. I find it quite funny and look forward to more strips.

Space Oddities: Australian columnist John Martin's funny out-of-this-world humor.

An old joke posted to Aerosphere's website, poking a bit of humor at NASA and the US.

While probably not meant to be humor, these article from the Weekly World News are, nevertheless, funny.

The search for a meaningful expression of the Speed-of-Lunch constant has long been steeped in controversy. This is often attributed to the fact that the value represented isn’t a speed at all, but rather a measure of time. Undeterred, Dr. Taylor and his team laid out a series of experiments with the hope of arriving at a mathematical expression...