On Boxing day this year there will be an annular eclipse which will be a surprise to many. Even though I am a keen amateur astronomer,...

Sunspot activity on the Sun is now proving to be very rare as the Solar Cycle 24 is now at minimum. Not one Sunspot was observed by me...

This month ……. The Andromeda Galaxy (M31). On a collision course with the Milky Way it will be visiting us “shortly” The Andromeda Galaxy...

27th November 1783 The first reference to black holes is mentioned by John Michell, an English natural philosopher, in a paper for the...

The Southern Cross is an iconic constellation steeped in our nation’s history and culture. The photograph in this post was taken by...

Sunspot activity for the month of September remained extremely low however, on the 1st September two very small Bxi spots were observed...

EVENTS 31st October 1992 Pope John Paul II pardons Galileo for his views. The Catholic church condemned Galileo in 1633 for his...

Coronal Holes were observed at the end of July, beginning of August by Space Weather.com - these are shown in the image above from NASA's...