Lisa Harvey-Smith, a scientist working for the CSIRO in Australia, writes about the impending decision on the Square Kilometre Array […]
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NZ researchers shine light on crowded Milky Way
A hunt for extrasolar planets has revealed that, on average, every star in the Milky Way has at least one […]
Continue readingKiwi ‘astrographs’ other solar system
A New Zealander has captured the first amateur photograph of solar system other than our own, drawing international attention. Rolf Olsen, […]
Continue readingAstrophysicists awarded Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a group of astronomers whose research revealed that the universe is […]
Continue readingKiwis’ ‘Rogue’ planets capture otherworldy attention
New Zealand astronomers and astrophysicists have helped identify a collection of Jupiter-sized free-floating planets that do not orbit stars, but […]
Continue readingTVNZ/One News: Scientists record music of the sun
British scientists say that the sun’s coronal loops vibrate like the strings of a guitar, and claim that they have […]
Continue reading3 News: Carter Observatory reopening this weekend
Dan Parker reports for 3 News that Wellington’s Carter Observatory, which has been closed for the last two years, will […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/AP: 32 more planets discovered
European astronomers have found another 32 planets in solar systems outside ours, bringing the total number of exoplanets to more […]
Continue readingPlanets sighted around distant star
In astronomical news this week: For the first time, images have been captured of a planetary system orbiting another star. […]
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