Brit stargazers get Gemini reprieve
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Back on the 'scopes - for now British astronomers will continue to enjoy access to the Gemini telecope programme following an apparent Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) U-turn on its decision last month to withdraw from the consortium.â¦
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While a terrestrial view of a galaxy might disguise the turbulent, changing mergers that fuel their formation, a famous cluster called Stephan's Quintet shows that seemingly immutable stars are always in flux.    Astrobiology Magazine -- A stunning image released by the Gemini Observatory captures the graceful interactions of a galactic ballet, on a stage some 300 million light years away, that might better be described as a contortionist's dance...
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NASA&#39;s Cassini spacecraft is set to cap off 2004 with an encounter of Saturn&#39;s ying-yang moon Iapetus (eye-APP-eh-tuss) on New Year&#39;s Eve.
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It&#39;s a global celestial event and scientists say the annual Geminid Meteor Shower is the best astronomy show of the year. NASA&#39;s Web site explains that the shower is created as Earth moves through a cloud
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In just the past six weeks, two supernovae have flared up in an obscure galaxy in the constellation Hercules.
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Conditions promising for meteor shower spectacular This year's Geminid meteor shower looks set to be a good 'un for European stargazers, with hopefully clear skies coupled with a slim waxing crescent Moon offering ideal conditions for the lightshow.â¦
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The two brightest planets are converging for a beautiful close encounter on Friday morning, February 1st.
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PPARC -- British astronomers are providing a vital component to the world-wide effort of identifying and monitoring rogue asteroids and comets. From this month, the UK Astrometry and Photometry Programme (UKAPP) for Near-Earth Objects, based at Queens University, Belfast, will track Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) and feed their crucial information into the international programme of protecting the Earth from any future impact by a comet or asteroid...
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Scientists from across the United Kingdom met in London last week to consider exploring space by the use of compact, low-cost satellites. U.K.
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Â· Two men arrested with TV star also freed from bailÂ·  Essex police pledge to continue investigation
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Pack high factor sun cream Scottish astronomers working on a new wide-field survey of the sky have identified two new extra-solar planets in the constellations of Andromeda and Delphinius. The planets have been dubbed Wasp-1a and Wasp-1b.â¦
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For the next few weeks sky-watchers can spot Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in the same nighttime sky. The planets won't be visible together to the naked eye again until 2016.
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Rescue efforts to find three missing sailors feared drowned in the River Clyde have resumed today after thick fog suspended the search last night
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Amateur stargazers who stayed up into the early hours today were rewarded with fleeting glimpses of a total eclipse of the moon. Bad weather had threatened to obscure
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With the Moon reaching New    phase on Jan. 10 and thus leaving the sky darker, now is an ideal time to get    out your binoculars and explore the profusion of open or galactic star clusters    now evident in our evening sky.
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The European Space Agency says it has awarded a contract to a British satellite firm to help safeguard frequencies allotted to the Galileo satellite navigation system.
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The annual Geminid meteor shower is expected to produce a reliable shooting star show that will get going Sunday and peak the middle of next week.