Researchers using a telescope owned and operated by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have detected a 'fast radio burst' in a nearby galaxy that...
Image: NASA/JWST
It has been an exciting week with the release of breathtaking photos of our Universe by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Images...
A star forming region in the Milky Way. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
After decades of development and many trials and frustrations along the way, the James...
Image: Liu Xu / Xinhua / AP
“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
– Carl Sagan (Cosmos, 1980)
This phrase is the standard that astronomers will be applying to a curious...
An Eta Aquariid meteor (centre) along with comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) in the background, photographed during the 2020 Eta Aquariid shower. Photo by Jonti Horner, Author...
Image: CSIRO, Author provided
The CSIRO’s 64-metre Parkes Radio Telescope was commissioned on October 31 1961. At the time it was the most advanced radio...
Ilgari Inyayimaha (Shared Sky), painted by artists Margaret Whitehurst, Jenny Green, Barbara Merritt, Charmaine Green, Kevin Merritt, Sherryl Green, Tracey Green, Wendy Jackamarra,...
Picture: SachaFernandez / Flickr
On Wednesday evening, May 26, the Moon will slip into Earth’s shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse. No matter where you...
Image: Shuttlestock
If you stepped outside on the weekend and thought, “Gosh, the full moon looks nice tonight”, you are not alone.
According to Google Trends,...
Bärbel Koribalski / ASKAP, Author provided
In September 2019, my colleague Anna Kapinska gave a presentation showing interesting objects she’d found while browsing our new...
