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WATCH: Radar Shows Clearest View Yet Of Near-Miss Asteroid

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa has released a video of the asteroid DA14 which came within 17,200 miles of Earth last week. The Olympic swimming pool-sized rock had enough d...

Physicists May Have Finally Found The Invisible Scaffolding Of Our Universe

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK Tech

Physicists may have finally found hard evidence for the existence of dark matter. And reports from the American Association for the Advancement of ...

Chelyabinsk Meteor Found in Lake, Casualties Rise to Above 1,100

Patrick Reevell | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK
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The number of casualties of the meteor that struck Chelyabinsk Friday morning has sharply risen, reaching 1,100. Officials from the Ministry of Emerge...

New Nasa Photos Show Off Mercury In Brilliant 3D Map

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.02.2013 | UK Tech

Brand new pictures taken by Nasa have shown off the planet Mercury in never-before-seen glamour. For the first time, Nasa have been able to create...

Giant Asteroid Skims Earth At 'Eight Times The Speed Of A Bullet'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK Tech

An 150-metre wide asteroid has passed by Earth just 27,700km (17,200 miles) closer than many communication satellites, and just one tenth the distance...

Nasa Movie Captures 'Space Ship' Pulsar

Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa has captured a rare video of a pulsar jet star in deep space, which looks unsettlingly like a giant, evil space ship. In our minds. The pulsar...

7 Amazing Meteor Showers Captured On Camera

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Tech

The meteorite which streaked across the skies in Russia might be the most spectacular ever seen - but it's not the first. YouTube is resplendent wi...

So About That Asteroid That 'Won't Hit The Earth'...

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Tech

Astronomers insist that a massive asteroid set to pass terrifyingly close to the Earth on Friday will not strike the planet. The 150-metre wide ast...

Youngest Black Hole Was Formed By Doomed Rotating Star

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa may have discovered the youngest black hole in the Milky Way. The agency's Chandra X-ray Observatory caught the remnant galaxy W49B with what ...

This Is What The Near-Miss Asteroid Would See As It Grazes Earth

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK Tech

When the 150-foot wide asteroid DA14 passes ridiculously close to the Earth on Friday, this is what it will see. A computer generated video has use...

Martian 'Robot Arm' Mystery Solved?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.04.2013 | UK Tech

A mysterious metallic object discovered on Mars dubbed a 'robot arm' has been explained by scientists... probably. The strange feature was spotted ...

PICS: 'Flying V' Galactic Collision Pictured In Deep Space By Hubble

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.04.2013 | UK Tech

Astonomers have unveiled a remarkable picture of the 'flying V' created by two galaxies merging in deep space. The picture, taken by Hubble's Wide ...

PICS: 'Flying V' Galactic Collision Pictured In Deep Space By Hubble

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.04.2013 | UK Tech

Astonomers have unveiled a remarkable picture of the 'flying V' created by two galaxies merging in deep space. The picture, taken by Hubble's Wide ...

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Could A Nasa Spy Satellite Reveal The Hidden 'Mini Moons' Orbiting Earth?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK Tech

How many moons orbit the Earth? One? Two? Turns out, nobody really knows. The surprising truth is that aside from the massive lump of rock we k...

Curiosity Rover Drills First Ever Mars Rock Sample

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 10.02.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa'a Mars Curiosity Rover has become the first robot to ever drill into a martian rock to collect a powdered sample from the red planet. It is be...

Asteroid 'Capable Of Flattening London' To Skim Earth

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.04.2013 | UK Tech

An asteroid capable of destroying London will skim past the Earth on Friday, approaching closer than many satellites. Scientists say they are sure ...

Comet Pan STARRS To Light Up The Sky In March, Astronomers Announce

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Tech

It may not be quite the 'Comet of the Century' predicted to light up the sky later this year, but it could still be spectacular. A comet that shine...

'Mirror-Earth' Could Be Just 13 Light Years Away

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Tech

Astronomers have announced that an Earth-like planet could exist as close as 13 light years to Earth. Yes, that's still about 76 million million mi...

UK 'Must Act Now' To Prevent Risk Of Solar Apocalypse

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Tech

The UK must make immediate plans to cope with a massive solar 'superstorm', the Royal Academy of Engineering has said. The Sun is constantly sendin...

PICS: This Is What The First Moon Base Could Actually Look Like

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Tech

This is what our first true home on the Moon might look like. The European Space Agency (ESA) and the architects Foster and Partners have relea...

Has The 'Ribbon' At Edge Of Our Solar System Finally Been Explained?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 07.04.2013 | UK Tech

Physicists say they are closer than ever to understanding a vast mysterious ribbon of particles at the edge of the Solar System. Nasa's Interstella...

Asteroid With Destructive Power Of A Nuclear Bomb Will Narrowly Miss Earth On Feb 15. Phew.

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK Tech

An asteroid half the size of a football pitch and with the destructive power of an H-bomb will narrowly miss striking Earth on February 15, scientists...

Snowy Britain As Seen From Space Via Nasa

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK

By now we're all familiar with how the snow looked from down here on Earth - so take a look at Britain in the white stuff - as seen from space. Th...

Our Two Moons, Side-By-Side In Space

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Tech

Photographer Lauren Harnett has taken an astonishing picture of the International Space Station side-by-side with the Moon. In reality the two orbi...

Nasa Dusts Off Apollo 11 Engines For Possible Future Mission To Mars

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa might be going back to the future. According to the AP, the American space agency is testing an engine once destined for the Apollo 11 space c...