NASA scientists using the Kepler space telescope also announced the discovery of six planets orbiting a star called Kepler-11.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

Famous people and star athletes came to see him play and many of his high school basketball games were televised.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

The former football star was accused of killing his ex-wife and a male friend of hers in Los Angeles.

VOA: special.2011.06.06

This week,Kim Jong Un and his aunt, the sister of Kim Jong Il, became four-star generals with little military experience.

VOA: special.2010.10.02

Country music star Taylor Swift announced she is giving five hundred thousand dollars to help victims of the flooding.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

The only other reggae musician in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is the other major reggae star, Bob Marley.

VOA: special.2010.03.19

The movie has been a big success. And it has introduced "Star Trek" to a new generation of fans.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Professor Geraghty says that "Star Trek's" message of hope,community, and self-improvement are central to American culture,history and identity.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

But some of Fred Allen's funniest programs were about his supposed longtime dispute with another radio star,Jack Benny.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

But by the end of the movie, she has a chance to let her acting skills shine and she becomes a star.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

One shows the remains of a dying star four thousand light years away which has thrown off a cloud of glowing hydrogen gas.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

A big wheel may be the head of a company, a political leader, a famous movie star.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

Miles Watson of Los Angeles,California, says watching "Star Trek" on television is one of his earliest memories.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Today: music,photographs and a basketball star, all brought to you from the City of Angels, Los Angeles,California.

VOA: special.2009.11.20