How to find Te Waka O Tama Rereti
November is when Te Waka O Tamarereti is visible in the night sky in New Zealand. Here is how to find it.
November is when Te Waka O Tamarereti is visible in the night sky in New Zealand. Here is how to find it.
Last thing I would have expected to find at Hamburg Planetarium was a cow in a space suit. Join Hari on a virtual visit to the planetarium in Hamburg.
Hari goes to see the planetarium in Hamburg and she finds it a most amazing experience.
Ready for the World Space Week this year? The theme is Celebrating Women in Space.
Hari and Sam have interviewed the Executive Director of the World Space Week Association, Maruška Strah.
We interviewed Mitch Schulte, Mars Exploration Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC and NZ Astrobiology Network’s official adviser about what it is like to work on Mars.
A tour of our favourite celestial objects in the night sky that you can see in May and June 2021 from Wairarapa, New Zealand one
…space is one of the most important forces shaping the human mind” – and navigation is a way to organising this space, our environment. M.R.O’Connor
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. It is named after the Greek goddess, Maia or Roman goddess of fertility, Bona Dea. Old English – Maius, Latin name – Maius mensis – Month of Maia, Old French – Mai. Maia was one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes. Maia is the daughter of Atlas and Pleione the Oceanid and is the oldest of the seven Pleiades. Because they were daughters of Atlas, they were also called the Atlantides. For the Romans, it embodied the concept of growth and as her name was thought to be related to the comparative adjective maius, maior “larger, greater”. Convallaria majalis, the Lily of the Valley, is named after it and it is the flower of May in Europe.
It would be ironic to discover life on Venus before we found out about it on Mars but scientists insist for now that is “just phosphine”.
Find out what’s in the night sky in September 2020 with Hari, Sam from the South and Peter Detterline form the Northern Hemisphere. Why bother
Watch the famous Perseid Meteor Shower online now live with Slooh. The famous shower is too low to observe properly from New Zealand and you’d have to wake up early in the morning for it.
What’s in the night sky in July 2020. Listen to our podcast covering both hemispheres with Sam, Hari and Peter.
The International Asteroid Day is observed every year on 30th of Jun. What prompted this and who is watching over us?
We get asked many times what do we see when we look through our telescopes?
Where exactly am I looking to find Matariki in the night sky?
Recently published research has demonstrated that the expansion of the universe and black holes may be linked.
Stardate South Island was held 17-19 Feb 2023 at Staveley, near Christchurch. It was a fantastic weekend and you can read all about it here.
Venus doesn’t capture a lot of press time as it’s often overshadowed by the more hospitable Mars and the more photogenic planets of Saturn and Jupiter. It’s not all quiet around Venus, as JAXA has Akatsuki orbiting Earth’s twin and sending back some great images and building our understanding of Venus.
We got AI to describe Einstein’s theory of general relativity, and the results are pretty good. We also got some AI images created.
Milky-Way.Kiwi is a social enterprise for quality and affordable access to the night sky run by professional space science communicators. We provide educational services for teachers and schools – Spaceward Bound NZ, stargazing and astronomy and space courses and programmes for the public – Star Safari and we write about space and astronomy with a New Zealand perspective.
At Star Safari, everyone 15 and younger is FREE because we believe that young people should not pay for inspiration.
You must be logged in to post a comment.