The Planets Align!
Now is the last chance for a while to see the five planets of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn align! The last time this event occurred was over a decade ago and took place between December…
Star-Name-Registry – Weekly Competition Winner!
It’s time to announce the winner of our second weekly competition! The competition this week tasked our readers to name their favourite love song by finishing this sentence: “The greatest love song…
Mysterious New Force
Parts of the universe seem to be moving at an incredible speed in a uniform direction towards the edge of the visible universe and scientists don’t yet know why. This phenomenon – which astronomers…
Star-Name-Registry Competition Winner!
The time has come to announce the winner of our first weekly Star-Name-Registry competition. The competition this week challenged readers to finish this sentence:
Star-Name-Registry Competition!
Starting from this week we are launching a weekly competition to win a free extra bright star. The competition will be held every Thursday and the winner will be announced on the following Monday.
Smith’s Cloud
A massive cloud of hydrogen gas 11,000 light years long and 2,5000 light years across with over one million solar masses is hurtling at a speed of 700,000 miles per hour towards our Galaxy.
Largest Solar System Discovered
Continuing on the theme of odd planetary discoveries, recently scientists have found the largest known solar system in existence, as reported by the BBC. This system – approximately 100 light years…
Is there really a Planet X?
"Killing Pluto was fun, but this is head and shoulders above everything else" – Mike Brown
Our First Blog!
This is the place where you'll be able to find all of our latest updates, exclusive offers and all of the latest space and astronomy related news!