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Guest speaker announced for astronomy conference

Dr Stella Kafka, executive director of the AAVSO, will headline Australia’s major amateur astronomy conference in April.

The 150-year-old Great Melbourne Telescope is a step closer to full restoration, thanks to the efforts of volunteers.

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged Comet 2I/Borisov, believed to have originated in a planetary system far beyond our own.

The McNamara-Saunders Astronomical Teaching Telescope 2 will enable students in years 9 to 12 to explore the universe while learning about astronomy.

The federal government will invest $150 million into Australian businesses and technologies to support NASA’s lunar explorations.

Now is a good time of year to spot one of the Milky Way’s nearest neighbouring galaxies.