Why do stars twinkle?
Have you ever wondered why stars twinkle? Well it has a lot to do with something called ‘scintillation.’
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Aurora australis as seen across Australia
See some of our favourite images of the aurora australis lights.
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Space nerds will love NASA’s new media library
NASA has launched a new searchable library of its out-of-this-world collection of space images, video and audio.
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Music of ancient stars reveals stellar surprise
The stars are alive with the sound of music – and astronomers are detecting their characteristic notes to uncover valuable new insights.
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Young star discovery challenges our understanding of stellar evolution
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.
This is what the universe looks like when viewed with radio eyes
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.
This is what a dying star looks like
Hubble Space Telescope captures the colourful death of a star like our Sun, 4000 light years away.
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Under the wheatbelt sky
The Milky Way rises over flooded salt lakes near Beacon, Western Australia.
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Australia’s first Dark-Sky Park named
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”.
Amazing Hubble photo of Sagittarius
NASA has released a stunning, star-studded photo of the constellation Sagittarius.