Just a heads up…There’s some a hoax going around the place claiming the moon, Jupiter, and Venus will form a “smiley face” on May 16th. Unfortunately it won’t happen – for a start the Moon will be about 40% illuminated being the day after first...
Seeking students to program ISS robots Great opportunity for students interested in robotics! The KIBO Robot Programming Challenge is open to teams of Australian students aged 15 to graduate level. Participants will get access to NASA Astrobee Robot Software to help...
Asteroid 2020 HP6 will pass the Earth today about 120,000km away. It is no danger to us and is only 9m in diameter. It is one of 5 which pass the earth today – the largest is 148km in diameter and will be over 14.3 times the distance of the Moon away from us....
Just found this old link.. Can you believe that it was how I found out I was the first Australian lady allegedly to discover a comet. Mind you it was a few years after the actual discovery and it was, in fact, my second comet. But hey, everyone is entitled to their...
Meteors are also known by many people as “shooting of falling stars”. They originate when the Earth passes near or through the leftover debris from a comet or asteroid’s orbit and those debris particles hit Earth’s atmosphere and burn up. When...
