Yahoo! News - Name a Star? The Truth about Buying Your Place in Heaven



The pitch is tempting: Name a star after yourself or a loved one. Aunt Martha will twinkle for eternity, winging through the Milky Way on a parchment certificate and a prayer.



Hundreds of thousands of folks have taken the sales pitch at face value. Others know the truth, and some still buy in. But there is a lot of confusion. One SPACE.com reader recently asked, 'Who gave them the right to name stars? And then charge someone for the name?'



The answer is simple: Nobody gave them the right. They just do it.