Finally managed to get a photograph of Venus today. 🙂 Depending on the time of year, it is possible to…
Hubble Space Telescope launched 20 years ago today
The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 20th year in space today. It was launched onboard Space Shuttle Discovery carrying out…
International Space Station passes overhead
Not particularly happy with this image. Unfortunately the sky was too bright to use anything longer than a 1.6 second…
Saturn and the Moon meet Sunday night
Do you want to see a planet but don’t have a telescope? Step out tommorrow night (25 April) and find…
Non-oxygen breathing bacteria found in Pitch Lake (on the Island of Trinidad and Tobago)
The Wikipedia entry for Pitch Lake states that it is the largest natural deposit of bitumen (…asphalt) in the world…
U.S. Air Force launches ‘secret’ X-37B space shuttle
The U.S. Air Force successfully launched their ‘secret’ X-37B Space Shuttle today (at 9.52 pm AEST 23 April 2010). The…
Website Redesigned
Stating the obvious, my website has been redesigned completely! The old version of the website (all 195+ pages!) is still…
Want to see the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?
Jupiter’s fast rotation makes it difficult to know when to look at it to see the Great Red Spot. But…
First images released from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
Breathtaking is the only word I can use for the first images and movies released by NASA from it’s new…
Target Australia! Landing date named for Japanese space probe’s return
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced that they have been given the go ahead from the Australian Federal…