by Jonathan Nally | Oct 16, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News
Here’s what you’ll find in the Nov/Dec 2020 issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine — on sale now at your local newsagent, or you can subscribe to the print or digital edition. Features: To touch the Sun — NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is on a...
by Jonathan Nally | Aug 21, 2020 | Astronomy, News, Space missions
Above: Artist’s impression of Hayabusa2 nearing Earth in December 2020. Image ©Akihiro Ikeshita. AUSTRALIA HAS GIVEN the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) official approval to land the sample-return module of its Hayabusa2 spacecraft on Australian soil in...
by Jonathan Nally | Aug 17, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News
Here’s what you’ll find in the Sep/Oct issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine — on sale now at your local newsagent, or you can subscribe to the print or digital edition. Features: The hunt for the first exomoons — Scientists are trying to detect moons...
by Jonathan Nally | Aug 10, 2020 | Astronomy, News, Telescopes
Above: The CSIRO’s 64-metre-diameter Parkes radio telescope, located in central NSW. Credit: CSIRO/A. Cherney. AUSTRALIA’S MOST FAMOUS RADIO DISH, the Parkes radio telescope in central NSW, has been added to the official National Heritage List. Construction of the...
by Jonathan Nally | Aug 8, 2020 | Astronomy, Meteors, News
Above: Curtin University scientist Dr Hadrien Devillepoix pointg to the meteorite found lying in the middle of an old telegraph track near Madura in Western Australia. Image courtesy DFN. THE CURTIN UNIVERSITY-HEADQUARTERED Desert Fireball Network (DFN) has once again...
by Jonathan Nally | Jul 15, 2020 | Features, News, Space missions
ABOVE: An artist’s impression of Hayabusa2 returning to Earth in December 2020. Courtesy JAXA. THE LANDING DATE FOR THE HAYABUSA2 MISSION’S sample-return capsule has been announced. The craft will touch down within the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia on...
