These notes are intended to provide a casual skywatcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living on the East Coast…
NASA spacecraft goes into orbit around asteroid tomorrow
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is expected to go into orbit around the asteroid Vesta tomorrow (Australian time). A media release about…
Mercury now easy to see in the evening twilight
Contrary to popular belief, the planet Mercury is very easy to see in the sky if you know when and…
Third attempt this week! Live webcast of rescheduled rocket launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome today
Update (12.31am AEST 13 July 2011): The launch was successful. Update (12.19am AEST 13 July 2011): The webcast is now…
Neptune completes its first orbit of the Sun since its discovery
The Hubble Space Telescope Institute has released a number of images of Neptune (the outermost planet in the Solar System)…
Third term 2011 ‘Amazing Space!’ student / teacher newsletter now available
To assist you with your planning, the free third term 2011 ‘Earth & Beyond’ Teacher Newsletter is now available for…
Look tonight for a planet around another star!
I will be the first to admit that the title of this post is a little misleading. After all, even…
Live webcast of rescheduled rocket launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome today
Update (12.53 pm AEST 12 July 2011): The launch has been scrubbed for unspecified reasons. Yesterdays Soyuz spacecraft launch from…
Live webcast of rocket launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome today
Bored at work? Watch the launch of an Arianespace Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The launch is scheduled for…
Shuttle Atlantis successfully docked to International Space Station
The Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully docked to the International Space Station this morning Australian time. Watch the mission live via…