Astronomy For Beginners is a friendly and accessible guide to our universe our galaxy our solar system and the planet we call home. Each year as we cruise through space on this tiny bluegreen wonder a number of amazing and remarkable events occur. For example like clockwork well run headon into asteroid and cometary debris that spreads shooting stars across our skies. On occasion well get to watch the disk of the Moon passing the Sun casting its shadow on the face of the Earth and sometimes we