How light pollution impacts us and the environment
Alex Lay from The Australasian Dark Sky Alliance explains the effects of light pollution and how we help fight it – If you look up at the sky above you…
Space Stuff
Why do Pulsars Glitch?
Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars and sometimes they abruptly increase their rotation rate. This sudden change of spin rate is called a “glitch” and I was part of a…
Gemini Observatory Releases Stunning IR Jupiter Image
It’s easy to forget when we’re imaging in the backyard that the things we’re doing – polar aligning, focussing etc are exactly the same things professional observatories and even space…