Brisbane stargazers capture stunning celestial images despite inner-city light pollution
Densely populated and polluted with light, major cities like Brisbane may not be the most obvious places to…
Radio signals detected coming directly from exoplanet for first time
Radio signals have been detected from a gas giant exoplanet around 64 light-years from Earth by South Africa’s…
Powerhouse Parramatta home to new observatory with telescopes powerful enough to see distant galaxies
More than two centuries after a famed observatory was built in Parramatta, a new one has been constructed…
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability seen on the Sun
The surface of the Sun has been photographed in more detail than ever before, and it turns out…
Sun’s swirling surface captured in spectacular detail by world’s largest solar telescope
The Sun’s surface is constantly churning with hot, glowing plasma. Those swirling eddies play a huge role in…
“Beyond the limit”: one million satellites and mirrors in space pose grave threat to the night sky
Press Release 1 July 2026 A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to…
NASA Swift rescue mission spacecraft will bump telescope back into orbit
US space agency NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a…
Nine-member young star family spotted by ALMA
Astronomers observed a young stellar system with nine stars in the early stages of formation using ALMA telescope…
Strange winds reveal strongest hints yet of magnetic activity in exoplanets
Press Release 2 June 2026 A team of astronomers has found the strongest evidence yet that some planets…
How to Watch a House-Sized Asteroid Make an ‘Extremely Close’ Approach to Earth Today
As asteroid the size of a house will pass within just 57,000 miles (92,000 kilometers) of Earth today.…
30 Asteroids Were Detected Passing Closer To Earth Than The Moon In October 2025 Alone » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock There have been plenty of movies, books, and TV shows that involve a plot point concerning an…
New moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter and Saturn
ⓘ Placidplace – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing Saturn’s rings and several moons. Astronomers have discovered new moons…