by Jonathan Nally | Aug 25, 2019 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Uncategorised
Pictured: Dylan O’Donnell with his Celestron set-up. In Australian Sky & Telescope magazine we regularly profile some of the leading amateur astronomers and astrophotographers from all across Australasia. Here’s our profile of Dylan O’Donnell, who has rapidly made...
by Jonathan Nally | Aug 24, 2019 | Astronomy, Cosmology
Scientists say they have, for the first time, likely detected a black hole devouring a neutron star. The detection was made on August 14, 2019, using gravitational-wave observatories in the United States and Italy. The observatories’ detectors picked up the...
by Jonathan Nally | Aug 16, 2019 | Astronomy
US-based scientists have detailed the death throes of an unusual star 200 times the mass of the Sun, in a galaxy one billion light-years from Earth. The unusual supernova is challenging what scientists think they know about supernova explosions, and gives clues to...
by Jonathan Nally | Aug 13, 2019 | Astronomy, Planets
The image above shows amazing detail and colour in Jupiter’s cloud bands, as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The planet’s famous Great Red Spot (GRS) — about twice the diameter of Earth — is prominent. The giant anticyclone is nestled between two bands of...
by Jonathan Nally | Aug 5, 2019 | Astronomy, Planets, Telescopes
Queensland’s only professional research observatory for astronomy teaching and research training, the University of Southern Queensland’s Mount Kent Observatory, is playing a leading role in NASA’s new planet-finding space mission. The MINERVA-Australis facility at...
