Editing 1992 in science (section)

==Astronomy==
* January 5 – [[Asteroid]] [[5751 Zao]] is discovered by [[Masahiro Koishikawa]].
* January 9 – First confirmed detection of [[exoplanet]]s with announcement of the discovery of several terrestrial-mass planets orbiting the [[pulsar]] [[PSR B1257+12]] by radio astronomers [[Aleksander Wolszczan]] and [[Dale Frail]] working in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wolszczan|first1=A.|bibcode=1992Natur.355..145W|last2=Frail|first2=D. A.|doi=10.1038/355145a0|title=A planetary system around the millisecond pulsar PSR1257+12|journal=Nature|volume=355|issue=6356|pages=145–7|year=1992|s2cid=4260368 }}</ref>
* August 30 – Discovery of [[15760 Albion]], the first [[trans-Neptunian object]] to be found after [[Pluto]] and [[Charon (moon)|Charon]].
* October 31 – [[Pope John Paul II]] issues an apology and lifts the [[1633 in science|1633]] edict of the [[Inquisition]] against [[Galileo Galilei]].