Month: December 2015
Southern Craters and Galaxies
The most stunning part of this photograph for me is that it is a familiar site from my childhood. I grew up in Darwin, Northern Territory, and I remember on many camping trips looking up into the stars to see...
A Dark Earth with a Red Sprite
If you told me that the Northern Lights were the only lighting phenomenon on Earth then I would have been in agreement… that was until I realised there were such things as a Red Sprite. Read more about it below (originally...
Star Streams and the Whale Galaxy
NGC 4631 is a spiral galaxy found only 25 million light-years away, toward the well-trained northern constellation Canes Venatici. Seen edge-on, the galaxy is similar in size to the Milky Way. Its distorted wedge shape suggests to some a cosmic...
The Horsehead Nebula
As human beings we always find order within chaos. Give someone a random list of numbers and they will find some kind of order or pattern. It is the same reason why when we look out to other moons, planets...
Tim Kopra enters space
As of just now the Astronaut Tim Kopra, Flight Engineer, has reached Space after launching on the December 15, 2015. Tim Kopra is from USA and for more information you can read all about it on http://ift.tt/1k0ib6l.
Tim Peake enters space
As of just now the Astronaut Tim Peake, Flight Engineer, has reached Space after launching on the December 15, 2015. Tim Peake is from England and for more information you can read all about it on http://ift.tt/224vjtp.
Yuri Malenchenko enters space
As of just now the Astronaut Yuri Malenchenko, Flight Engineer, has reached Space after launching on the December 15, 2015. Yuri Malenchenko is from Russia and for more information you can read all about it on http://ift.tt/224vkgU.
When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal
If you’re lucky enough to find yourself on a clear sky tonight somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere then you should forget about work or school tomorrow and head out to watch the peak of activity for he Geminid meteor shower....
Comet Meets Moon and Morning Star
A crescent Moon and brilliant Venus met in predawn skies on December 7, a beautiful conjunction of planet Earth’s two brightest celestial beacons after the Sun. Harder to see but also on the scene was Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10). The...
Comet Catalina Emerges
The Catalina comet is getting closer and closer to us right now and will reach it’s closest point in January. It’s so close at the moment that you can see it in the sky in the morning (from about 5am...