The iconic Parkes radio telescope, otherwise known as The Dish, has been officially recognised for its contribution to Australian astronomy and humankind's understanding of the Universe with its addition to…
Why Elon Musk's satellite swarm is an accident waiting to happen Astronomers are worried about the SpaceX satellites ruining astro images but what's there are the moment is nothing…
CfA Scientists Discover Mysterious Spiral Structures around a "Planet Factory" Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) announced today the discovery of a complex…
“Stellar archaeology” reveals remnant of ancient globular cluster that’s “the last of its kind” A team of astronomers including Carnegie’s Ting Li and Alexander Ji discovered a stellar…
2020_Mars In October 2020 Mars will be roughly the closest it gets to Earth. This close approach is call an "opposition" and means that the Earth and Mars are on…
NASA Jupiter probe images huge moon Ganymede like never before (photos) NASA's Juno Jupiter probe has captured unprecedented views of the largest moon in the solar system. During…
China’s successful launch of Mars mission seals global era in deep-space exploration Tianwen-1 is the second of three spacecraft set to take off this month for the red planet.…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Comprehensive Systems Test Are we getting close to the launch of the James Webb Space telescopes? Now that NASA’s James Webb Space…
The biggest flipping challenge in quantum computing To realize their dreams, developers must learn to tame the noise that jostles their machines’ delicate quantum bits. In October 2019,…
A Vast Stream of Flowing Stars Is Evidence of The Milky Way's Violent History Using data from the Gaia Milky Way mapping survey, astronomers have discovered a vast…
Neowise Comet C/2020 F3 Can Be Seen With Naked Eye Just in time as a follow up from our recent podcast on comets - here's a new one!…
Australian Space Agency funds locally-designed space suits Congratulations to Mars Society Australia member, Dr James Waldie for receiving funding from the Australia Space Agency to help develop the next generation…
Scientists spot flash of light from colliding black holes. But how? Scientists think they identified two black holes merging that produced a burst of light. Black holes aren't supposed…
ARM-based Japanese supercomputer is now the fastest in the world Wow - ARM based system now rated number one!. Fugaku is being used in COVID-19 research Source: www.theverge.com/2020/6/23/21300097/fugaku-supercomputer-worlds-fastest-top500-riken-fujitsu-arm