We look at Comet ZTF Comet ZTF, or to give it its full name C2022/E3 ZTF, is named for the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) where the...

A total Lunar Eclipse is due on Tuesday 8 November, 2022. It will be visible from Sydney and most of Australia and New Zealand. Lunar...

This month we feature…. Asteroids Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes, from the almost spherical to irregular like Eros which is...

This Month . . . . Sundials. The earliest type of timekeeping device when people relied on the passage of the Sun through the sky to tell...

This month . . . The Voyager mission. Launched 45 years ago they were the first spacecraft to leave the solar system and are now...

Bigger and better than the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Telescope (JWST) will look way back in time. The JWST will orbit at...

This month . . . The Light Year. A unit of distance, not time. A light year is an astronomical measurement of the distance light travels...

So, what is a dwarf planet …… Dwarf planets share many of the same characteristics as planets with one significant difference … a planet...

As darkness descends around the end of December into early January evenings, a star within the Southern Cross with a uniquely Australian...

DID YOU KNOW This month . . . The Kuiper Belt. Home to short period comets and icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system. The ...