Steve Nerlich
Popular Australian Astronomer Honored For Service to Astronomy
Fred Watson… excuse me, Professor Fredrick Garnett Watson AM, was on this Australia Day 2010 appointed a ‘Member in the…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – More Than Meets The Eye
Whatever hectic pressures may be at play in your life, you can always look forward to one quiet moment each…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Getting Orientated
We’ve all been there. You’ve met someone nice – but for some inexplicable reason, they don’t get astronomy. So how…
Planet Formation Observed Around Massive Stars
As the old saying goes – big stars live fast and die young. And, according to new research presented at…
Dreamtime Meteor Impact Found with Google Earth
[/caption] Duane Hamacher a PhD student from Australia’s Macquarie University found an ancient meteor impact crater in a remote location…
Wolfram Alpha – A Handy Tool for the Casual Astronomer.
[/caption] We are not quite at that point where you can ask your computer to swing over to the Orion…
An Astronomical Perspective on Climate Change
Ice cores and deep sea bed cores provide the best available record of changes in global temperature and CO2 content…
The View from Down Under
Something that baffled me throughout my childhood, growing up in Australia, was the frequent references to the Man in the Moon,…