
Things to do while in self isolation
While you are locked up at home doing your bit to combat the Corona virus we though you might like some things things to do when boredom sets in. We […]
While you are locked up at home doing your bit to combat the Corona virus we though you might like some things things to do when boredom sets in. We […]
Update: Because of the current COVID-19 situation the dates for the RASNZ conference have changed. Please see the RASNZ conference website site at http://www.rasnz.org.nz/groups-news-events/rasnz-conference for the latest conference information. For […]
Nearly all of Mars has been under the assault of a planet-wide dust storm since June. The nerve-wracking question: Is the Opportunity rover okay? The 15-year-old rover has been incommunicado […]
The scientist/artists in NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio created this magnificent video to accompany a recent performance by the National Symphony Orchestra Pops of Claude Debussy’s “Clair de Lune.” For more […]
High school students’ data-mining project revealed an enigmatic X-ray source in the archive of the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton X-Ray Observatory. A group of 12th graders in Italy—most not even […]
The best way to improve imagery on traditional telescopes is to increase the diameter of the mirror catching light. But this has its limits—perfect mirrors can only be built so […]
Amateur astronomer, Victor Buso, struck lucky in September 2016 when he decided to test out a new camera attached to his 16 inch telescope. Keen to make sure his new […]
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), at Mars since 2006, put itself into a precautionary standby mode on Feb. 15 in response to sensing an unexpectedly low battery voltage. The orbiter […]
Last weekend, Rocket Lab successfully reached orbit for the first time with its Electron booster. It turns out the rocket also carried a secret payload into space at the […]
The first eclipse of 2018 will be a lunar one that comes at the very end of the month, on Jan. 31. It will be a total eclipse that involves […]