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1 month ago | 
nature.com | Brad Tucker
The space industry is expanding fast — and its value is set to triple in the next decade, from US$630 billion in 2023 to $1.8 trillion by 2035. However, although the number of nations with space programmes is growing — with 77 space agencies worldwide — many others are excluded. In particular, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), Indigenous Nations and communities and small states are missing from debates around space activities.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Brad Tucker
Mount Stromlo Observatory is most famous for looking out into the universe, and studying stars, galaxies, and beyond. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue reading All articles from our website & appThe digital version of Today's PaperBreaking news alerts direct to your inboxInteractive Crosswords, Sudoku and TriviaAll articles from the other in your areaHowever, to be able to see further and clearer, we need to build bigger and better cameras and instruments.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Brad Tucker
NASA is set to decide on how the two crew who went up to the International Space Station on Boeing's Starliner nearly three months ago will come home. Both options come with potentially big consequences. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
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Jun 29, 2024 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Brad Tucker
On Thursday, NASA selected SpaceX to build a Deorbit Vehicle - whose only purpose is to de-orbit the International Space Station (ISS) and crash it into the ocean. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
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Jun 22, 2024 | 
lithgowmercury.com.au | Brad Tucker
Missions to the Moon have rapidly increased, and some are unique and groundbreaking, but not all of them work. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue reading All articles from our websiteThe digital version of Today's PaperBreaking news alerts direct to your inboxAll articles from the other in your areaChina's latest mission to the Moon, Chang'e 6, which reached its destination a few weeks ago, is on its way back from the Moon and is expected to land in Mongolia on Tuesday.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Brad Tucker
For millennia, cultures around the world based their time on the rising and setting sun, and their calendar on the moon's movement around the Earth, based on the visible monthly cycles its appearance goes through. Subscribe now for unlimited access. $0/(min cost $0) or signup to continue readingSee subscription optionsObjects like sundials could be used to measure a time based on the movement of the sun across the sky.
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May 25, 2024 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Brad Tucker
A nice, sunny, clear, autumnal blue sky is something most of us enjoy. A blue sky is a special part of the Earth, and one we can thank our combination of star - the Sun, and atmosphere for. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue readingSee subscription optionsCalled Rayleigh scattering, the blue sky is due to light bouncing or scattering from the molecules in our air.
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Apr 27, 2024 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Brad Tucker
In 2024, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mt Stromlo Observatory's founding, when it was established as the Commonwealth Solar Observatory in 1924. Its origins, evolution, and history not only intertwine into the history of Canberra, but it has been at the forefront of expanding our knowledge of the Universe, and making some of the biggest discoveries. or signup to continue readingSee subscription optionsThe origins of Mt Stromlo go back much earlier though than 1924.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Brad Tucker
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks has finally arrived in our skies. It will make its closest approach to the Sun, perihelion, tomorrow at a distance of around 117 million kilometers from the Sun, and at its brightest. or signup to continue readingSee subscription optionsComets are frozen bits of rock - sometimes called dirty snowballs. They are not very big - this comet is 34 kilometres wide. They have a solid, rocky body called the nucleus.
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Mar 30, 2024 | 
braidwoodtimes.com.au | Brad Tucker
A few days ago, the Event Horizon Telescope released their latest image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole in our milky way galaxy. or signup to continue readingSee subscription optionsThe black hole in the centre is the ... black hole! The yellow donut shape is the gas and dust from stars and the galaxy spinning around the black hole, which will eventually fall into it.
