SpaceX is Getting Serious About Its Future BFR Launchpad to Mars Start in Texas, end on Mars. When SpaceX does begin sending people to Mars, the last part of Earth they see from…
Milky Way neighbours “ripped out” by colliding galaxy | Cosmos Stars currently orbiting the Milky Way were violently ripped from our own galaxy by an invading satellite galaxy, astronomers have…
If you have or even heard of a "Dobsonian Telescope", you'll know they're a low cost, easy to manage telescope. Here's the man who popularized them and brought the joys…
In 1929 Edwin Hubble surprised many people – including Albert Einstein – when he showed that the universe is expanding. Another bombshell came in 1998 when two teams of astronomers…
New Horizons There's a very good reason - it wasn't discovered until 1992. At that stage, Voyager 1 was almost all the way across the the Kuiper Belt and Voyager…
Great article from Professor Karl Glazebrook of Swinburne Uni. Signal detected from the first stars in the universe, with a hint that dark matter was involved Signals from the first stars…
Via a radio telescope in Western Australia! Astronomers detect light from the Universe’s first stars Surprises in signal from cosmic dawn also hint at presence of dark matter. Astronomers…
Yes, I'm all for this. We've already sent "contaminated" craft to Mars. NASA planetary protection officer suggests loosening limits on exploring Mars for life Plans for human arrival could open…
Or maybe not...either way - Jupiter imaging season is upon us. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot May Soon Disappear... Scientists aren’t quite sure what will happen to the shrinking mega-storm. Aside…
A good guide about the advantages of image stacking for DSLR astrophotography The benefits of adding more subs to your stack Adding multiple exposures to create a single image…
Interesting results from Hubble suggesting confirmation of a discrepancy in the rate of the expansion of the Universe. Fresh Evidence for New Physics in the Universe The most precise measurements…
It's a hot, rainy Saturday afternoon in Sydney so what the hell, there's an old pic of M31 I took some time ago.