Today is the winter solstice, and you should be celebrating
June 21st, precisely 8:07pm, marks winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Described as an astronomical phenomenon,…
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Fastest Growing Black Hole Discovered
Australian astronomers have announced that they discovered a black hole more than 12 billion light years…
New Discovery of Micro Black Holes
A faint signal from half a dozen black holes binaries was found by Chuck Hailey and…
What Goes Up Must Come Down
Yesterday morning China’s 8.5 tonne Tiangong 1 space station entered Earth's atmosphere, before crash landing in…
Star turn for astronomer and science educator Dr Tanya Hill
Dr Tanya Hill is the Senior Curator of Astronomy at Museums Victoria. She works to develop…
The Winter Solstice
Did you find if difficult to get up this morning? Well today was the coldest morning…
What are Iridium Flares?
Have you ever noticed darts of white light across the night sky? Are they meteoroids? UFOs?…
ASKAP Joins Hunt For Fast Radio Bursts
Fast Radio Bursts are mysterious bursts of radio waves, which since their first discover around a…
Astronomy Update with Jonti Horner
The Desert Fireball Network has just come up with an awesome way to find live meteorites…
Astronomy for the Public
Heading into space is an expensive endeavour.. Even looking up into the big vast night sky…
Modern roads mapped out by the stars
Can you imagine crossing the Simpson Desert in summer, 1,500 kilometres of sand that all looks…