ASTRONOMY
AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMERS FIND POSSIBLE ‘FINGERPRINTS’ OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
Astronomers using data collected by CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope, Murriyang, have found their strongest evidence yet for low-frequency gravitational waves.
For nearly 20 years the...
ASTRONOMY
The Eta Aquariids meteor shower is set to light up the skies. Here’s how to get the best seat in the house
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...
ASTRONOMY
60 years after it first gazed at the skies, the Parkes dish is still making breakthroughs
Image: CSIRO, Author providedThe CSIRO’s 64-metre Parkes Radio Telescope was commissioned on October 31 1961. At the time it was the most advanced radio...
ARTS/CULTURE FEATURES
How making a film exploring Indigenous stories of the night sky enriched my perspective as a scientist
Ilgari Inyayimaha (Shared Sky), painted by artists Margaret Whitehurst, Jenny Green, Barbara Merritt, Charmaine Green, Kevin Merritt, Sherryl Green, Tracey Green, Wendy Jackamarra,...
ASTRONOMY
How to watch Wednesday’s total lunar eclipse from Australia
Picture: SachaFernandez / FlickrOn Wednesday evening, May 26, the Moon will slip into Earth’s shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse. No matter where you...
ASTRONOMY
Why is the Moon bright? Is Easter a full moon? How long does a full moon last? Your Moon questions answered by an astronomer
Image: ShuttlestockIf you stepped outside on the weekend and thought, “Gosh, the full moon looks nice tonight”, you are not alone.According to Google Trends,...
ASTRONOMY
‘WTF?’: newly discovered ghostly circles in the sky can’t be explained by current theories, and astronomers are excited
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...
ASTRONOMY
The best gift in the galaxy: an astronomer’s guide to buying a home telescope
Image: Shuttlestock
Since time immemorial, humans have been fascinated by the night sky.Our relationship with it was forever changed in the early 1600s, when Galileo...
ASTRONOMY
Astronomers turn up the heavy metal to shed light on star formation
Astronomers from The University of Western Australia’s node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have developed a new way to study...
ASTRONOMY
Asteroid 2018 VP₁ may be heading for Earth. But there’s no need to worry
Asteroid 2018 VP1 itself is too small and far away
to see clearly, so here’s an artist’s impression of a near-Earth object.
NASA...
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