27 Nov 2025
Tune in as NASA shares the latest images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, collected by several NASA missions. First observed earlier this year, the 3I/ATLAS comet is only the third object ever identified as entering our solar system from elsewhere in the galaxy....
26 Nov 2025
The Wairarapa is noted in this article from “The New Daily” website in Australia, which mentions the “Star Trek” tour at Stonehenge Aotearoa:https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/travel/experiences/2025/11/16/star-gazing-nz-lonely-planet
24 Nov 2025
If you are up before dawn and the sky is clear, you will see a brilliant star in the east. This is the ‘Morning Star’. Actually, it is not a star (a star is a Sun), it is the planet Venus. Venus is the brightest star-like object in the sky. At maximum brightness, if...
17 Nov 2025
The Earth is the jewel of the Solar System, the only world orbiting the sun that is teeming with life. This comes as no surprise when you examine the nature of life. All life on Earth, from microbes to human beings, is based on the carbon atom. It is difficult to...
10 Nov 2025
Matariki, which means ‘Little Eyes’, is a cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades and the Seven Sisters. On a clear dark night you can see, with good eyesight, about seven stars. However, these are just the brighter members of a cluster of more than 1,000 stars....
