Why do stars twinkle?
Have you ever wondered why stars twinkle? Well it has a lot to do with something called ‘scintillation.’
Have you ever wondered why stars twinkle? Well it has a lot to do with something called ‘scintillation.’
See some of our favourite images of the Aurora australis lights.
NASA has launched a new searchable library of its out-of-this-world collection of space images, video and audio.
The stars are alive with the sound of music – and astronomers are detecting their characteristic notes to uncover valuable new insights.
Our current understanding of how stars evolve is a “cornerstone of astronomical science” – but a new finding could send scientists back to the drawing board.
To the naked eye the universe we can see on a clear night is dotted with thousands of stars. See through radio eyes, then things look very different.
Hubble Space Telescope captures the colourful death of a star like our Sun, 4000 light years away.
The Milky Way rises over flooded salt lakes near Beacon, Western Australia.
Warrumbungle National Park in central western NSW has been recognised as Australia’s first Dark-Sky Park, where you can see “the full array of visible sky phenomena”.
NASA has released a stunning, star-studded photo of the constellation Sagittarius.