April is the beginning of the season of the planets. Jupiter gets higher in the sky and Saturn and Mars start making an appearance. It’s also the month where we can start to fully appreciate the Milky Way as the Galactic Centre begins to rise.
World space news and astronomy outreach through (Milky Way) Kiwi eyes.
Author: Adhara+Canopus=Stars
Earth biosecurity, protecting us from Mars or protecting Mars from us?
The irony of finding alien life as it stands right now is that we must terminate all life on Earth’s instruments and spacecraft sent out there to make absolutely sure that new life is detected…
Six common questions to ask an Astronomer
Six questions that drive us nuts because we are asked these constantly. So here’s our different takes on the possible answers.
The sky of January – Io
Another year is upon us and January offers a great opportunity to get out and observe the night sky after making the best of those long summer evenings.
