Happy Spring Equinox! Every year, we have two equinoxes, one in September and the other in March, when the Sun shines directly on the equator. At this time, the lengths of day and night are almost equal. For Australia, the Equinox will be at 5:21 am on Thursday,...
On this day October 10 in 1846 – British astronomer, William Lassell discovered Neptune’s Moon Triton. This discovery came only 17 days after the planet itself was discovered. After Herschel had learned of the discovery of Neptune – he contacted his...
This year we mark the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. Saturday marks the birthday of an amazing astronomer. Born in 1925 in Nashville Tennessee and died aged 93 on Christmas Day 2018. She is known as the Mother of Hubble. She was the former chief of...
