Best Places in the UK to Watch the Geminids Meteor Showers

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/best-places-to-watch-the-geminids-meteor-shower.html
As the name suggests the best places to watch the Geminids meteor shower tonight weather permitting will be in the constellation of Gemini. This is reported to be the best meteor display of the year.

The National Trust give a full list of the best places to see this display. Please click link for details.
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-visits-walks/w-visits-dark_skies/w-visits-star_gazing_spots.html


Another chance to witness this display tonight,should the clouds part.:)

Roll of cloud along shore line

Dramatic picture of a roll front along the shore line.
Photo Copyright to Juan Manuel Hernandez Jimenez. may not be reproduced

Earths Twin Planet Kepler-22b

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/scientists-discover-earths-twin-planet-010419253.html
Scientists think they have found a twin Planet to the Earth with similiar conditions to a Spring day on Earth and a very similiar orbit. This is still being observed as to whether it is an orbit they are seeing or possibly another star moving across the planet.

Pink Sunset and Lobster pot

Lobster pot with beautiful Sunset Copyright Chris Boutilier. May not be reproduced

Double Rainbow Llanelli

These double rainbows are becoming increasingly more common in the UK.
Picture taken at Llanelli by Danny Davies

Newest Planet being formed

Picture copyright Adam Kraus

An astronomer has captured on camera the newest planet to be formed around a star ,something that has until now not been possible.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/astronomer-captures-image-planet-042921856.html

Galaxy Smash Up Pictures from ALMA

Wonderful pictures and information from Nat Geo as usual.

The Antennae Galaxies glow with psychedelic colors in the first publicly released picture that uses data from the Atacama Large Millimetre/sub-millimetre Array, or ALMA, a new telescope high in Chile's northern desert.



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