UK Astronomy

WATCH: Milky Way Rises Over Lake In Breathtaking Timelapse Clip

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Time Lapse Video, Video, UK News, Astronomy, Space, Milky Way, UK Space, Night Sky, Timelapse Video, UK Astronomy, UK Tech News

Time-lapse videos of the Earth, space, the universe and all the night sky's infinite glory are, well, becoming quite common online. As a result des...

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Aurora Borealis Is A Psychedelic Sight (PICTURES)

Barcroft Media | Sara C Nelson | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Arctic Circle, Aurora Borealis, UK News, Norway, Astronomy, Space, Photography, UK Space, Northern Lights, Slideexpand, Aurora, UK News

Sleeping under the stars, particularly when they look like this, is something most people can only dream of. But for photographer Tommy Eliassen, ...

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Supermoon To Appear This Weekend

Space.com | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Full Moon, UK News, Tide, Astronomy, Tech News, Tides, Space, UK Tech, Moon, Supermoon, UK Tech News

Skywatchers take note: The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend. The moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11...

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The Whole Universe In One Photo

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Photography, Nasa, UK News, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Tech News, Space, UK Tech, The Universe, UK Tech News

Nasa has unveiled an astounding new image of our galactic neighbourhood - a new star atlas for the entire universe. The atlas includes a catalogue...

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A Billion Stars, One Photo

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 29.03.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Stars, Nasa, UK News, Astronomy, Tech News, Milky Way, UK Infrared Telescope, Space, Physics, Vista Data Flow System, UK Tech, Edinburgh University, UK Tech News

Around one billion stars in the Milky Way can be seen together for the first time in an image captured over a decade by astronomers. Scientists pro...

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HIP 11952 - The Oldest Ever Exoplanet System Discovered

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 28.03.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Nasa, UK News, Astronomy, Galaxies, Tech News, Space, HIP 11952, UK Tech, Exoplanets, Universe, UK Tech News

An ancient planetary system from 13 billion years ago has been discovered in the constellation Cetus, 375 lightyears from Earth, that could determine ...

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Venus And Jupiter Conjunction Separated By Just A Cat's Ears

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 14.03.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Nasa, UK News, Jupiter, Space, UK Space, Slidewide, Venus, UK Astronomy, UK Tech News

As stargazers across the world held their collective breath to witness Jupiter and Venus cuddling up in the night sky, this charming snap shows just h...

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Venus And Jupiter To Align In Spectacular Close Pass

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.03.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: UK Space, Nasa, UK News, Venus, Jupiter, Space, UK Astronomy, UK Tech News

Jupiter and Venus will appear to cross paths in a spectacular alignment in the night sky on Monday evening. While in reality the planets will be ex...

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Science Points to a Lonely Universe

Dr David Whitehouse | Posted 28.02.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Science, Hubble Telescope, Astronomy, Space, Universe, Life, UK Tech News

New research suggests that there could be many more wandering planets in our galaxy than there are stars. Planets could be torn from their parent suns and slung into space. Estimates suggest that a galaxy like ours could have billions of them.

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Nasa Reveals The Oldest Supernova - VIDEO

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 16.04.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Supernova, Nasa, Video, UK News, UK Tech News, Astronomy, Space, UK Technology News, UK Tech News

Nasa has revealed another video of the oldest recorded supernova, RCW 86. The magnificent star was an ancient mystery until October 2011. Arou...

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The Helix Nebula As Its Never Been Seen

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 19.01.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Video, UK News, Astronomy, Eso, Space, UK Technology News, European Southern Observatory, UK Tech, Space Photos, Helix-Nebula, UK Tech News

The Helix Nebula has been shot for the first time in infrared revealing amazing cometary knots and never-before-seen details of the surrounding star. ...

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Galaxy Contains 'Billions' Of Habitable Planets

PA | Posted 12.03.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: University of Copenhagen, Canada Tv, UK News, Astronomy, Habitable Planets, Milky Way, Space, UK Space, Aliens, Goldilocks Zone, Alien Life, UK Tech News

The Milky Way galaxy may contain billions of habitable planets, astronomers have said. The discovery raises the tantalising possibility that life c...

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Dark Matter Cosmic Web Revealed

PA | Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.03.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: UK Space, Black Holes, UK News, Astronomy, UK Technology News, Space, Dark Matter, UK Tech News

An intricate "cosmic web" of dark matter is spun across the universe, the largest ever map of the mysterious invisible substance has revealed. Astr...

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Black Hole Eats Its Prey - WATCH

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 14.12.2011 | UK Tech

Read More: Stars, Video, Nasa, Astrophysics, Eso, Astronomy, Space, Hubble, Black Holes, Gas Clouds, UK Tech News

The "super massive" black hole at the centre of our galaxy is luring its prey steadily towards, and we can witness it for the first time ever. The...

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December's Impossible Lunar Eclipse Tomorrow - (PHOTOS) (VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 09.12.2011 | UK Tech

Read More: Video, Lunar Eclipse, UK Green, UK News, Astronomy, Space, UK Space, Solar System, Moon, Stargazing, December Eclipse 2011, UK Tech News

Are you ready to see the impossible happen? Tomorrow's lunar eclipse will see the eclipsed moon and the sun visibile in the sky at the same time, duri...

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Science on Fire

Dr David Whitehouse | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Science, Astronomy, Cern, Physics, Speed of Life, Higgsboson, Large Hadron Collider, Sub-Atomic Particles, Expansion of the Universe, UK Tech, UK Tech News

The physics of the future is being forged now. Out of the wreckage of old theories, which we knew were incomplete, will come something new. What a wonderful time to be going into science.

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Stargazing, Spaceflight and Satellites: the Future of the Space Industry

Nicola Guttridge | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Space Travel, Nasa, Astronomy, Space Exploration, Technology, Space Shuttle, Space, Virgin Galactic, UK Tech, James Webb Space Telescope, UK Tech News

Space is one of the only scientific topics that has successfully managed to bridge the gap between science and society. It offers the chance to explore not only our past by searching for extra-terrestrial life, but also the possibility to explore the future, and our capabilities to inhabit other solar system bodies and develop interstellar flight.

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Vampire Star SS Leporis Spotted By Powerful Telescope

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Stars, UK News, Astronomy, Space, UK Technology News, European Southern Observatory, UK Space, UK Tech, Video, UK Tech News

Imagine having your life force slowly sucked out of you by a close lingering companion who just won't leave you alone. A "vampire" star has been d...

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VFTS 102: The Fastest Rotating Star Discovered

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 05.02.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: UK Tech, Nasa, Astronomy, Technology, UK Technology News, Space, UK Tech News

Astronomers have found the fastest rotating star ever spotted. Young and very bright, VFTS 102 is rotating at more than two million kilometres per...

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Life Beyond Earth? Water Found On Jupiter's Moon Europa

HuffingtonPost.com | Melanie Hick | Posted 16.01.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: UK Tech News, UK News, Astronomy, Jupiter, UK Technology News, Space, UK Tech News

A body of water the size of the U.S.'s Great Lakes has been found inside the ice-covered shell of Jupiter's moon Europa. The discovery has significant...

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Brad Goldpaint's Amazing Space Photos

HuffingtonPost.com | Melanie Hick | Posted 07.01.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Photography, Stars, Nasa, Astronomy, Space, UK Technology News, Nature, UK Tech News

"Great heavens above" is the specialist subject of photographer Brad Goldpaint, who took these magnificent photographs on a trek across north America....

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Nasa Solves Ancient Space Mystery

Melanie Hick | Posted 24.12.2011 | UK Tech

Read More: Supernova, Nasa, Astronomy, China, UK Technology News, Space, UK Tech News

The ancient mystery of a bright exploding star has been solved by Nasa scientists. Nearly 2,000 years ago, in A.D. 185, Chinese astronomers spotte...

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Satellite Crashes In South-East Asia

Melanie Hick | Posted 23.12.2011 | UK Tech

Read More: Science, Satellites, UK Tech News, Asia, Astronomy, Space, UK Technology News, UK Tech News

NASA has confirmed the Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) has fallen back to earth over South East Asia. Up to 30 fragments weighing a total of 1.87 tons ...

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Youngest Ever Planet Spotted (PHOTO)

Guardian.co.uk | Melanie Hick | Posted 20.12.2011 | UK Tech

Read More: Australia, Space, Hawaii, Astronomy, Tech News, UK Technology News, UK Tech News

A University of Hawaii astronomer has captured the first direct image of a planet forming around a star. Dubbed LkCa 15 b, it is the youngest planet e...

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The Nobel Prize at the End of the Universe

Dr David Whitehouse | Posted 04.12.2011 | UK Tech

Read More: Astronomers, Astronomy, Space, Universe, Supernova, Nobel Physics Prize, UK Science, UK Tech, UK Tech News

For the second time in five years the Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to astronomy, to two teams, one in the United States and the other in Australia, that charted the outer reaches of the universe using distant stellar explosions as probes of its expansion, and whilst sifting through the light of long dead stars discovered the unexpected fate of all things.

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