Solar System

PHOTOS: Stunning Transit Of Venus Watched Around The World

Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 06.06.2012 | UK Tech

Astronomers around the world have watched and recorded the last Transit of Venus for more than a hundred years. The spectacle of our closest planet...

When Galaxies Collide: The Milky Way Is Doomed

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 04.06.2012 | UK

The night sky looks peaceful at the moment, but over the next few billion years, the heavens are going to liven up a great deal, because our Milky Way...

Great Ball Of Fire: Amazing New Nasa Photo Shows Three Solar Flares

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 06.05.2012 | UK Tech

Nasa has today released a new image showing the power of the sun's solar flares. Nasa says, don't fret - the effects from these solar flares are e...

Amazing Saturn Photo Shows Tiny Titan

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 29.02.2012 | UK Tech

An astounding new photograph of Saturn shows just how small even its largest moon, Titan, is compare to the ringed planet's huge girth. Titan ...

Nasa's Kepler Finds 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 03.04.2012 | UK Tech

Eleven new planetary systems containing 26 confirmed new planets are all in a day's work for Nasa's Kepler mission. The gob-smacking discoveries j...

Milky Way Lives Up To Its Name: Galaxy Is ‘White As Snow'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 12.01.2012 | UK Tech

A team of scientists have determined the true colour of the galaxy is so white it would resemble fresh snow to the human eye. Astronomers from the...

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

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

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...

Nasa Find Potential Signs Of Flowing Water On Mars

Posted 04.10.2011 | UK

Signs of what could be flowing water have been found on Mars, Nasa has revealed, opening up speculation over whether life exists on the red planet. ...

Nasa Denies Voyager 1 Has Left The Solar System

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa has denied that the Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the Solar System. It was claimed on Wednesday that data from the craft, which is currently n...

Voyager 1: In Pictures

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK Tech

Humanity has left the Solar System. According to a news release, the Voyager 1 spacecraft appears to have travelled beyond the influence of the Sun...