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http://vimeo.com/55507525 Number 5: Climate change is matching IPCC predictions from 1990 Article from ABC News Number 4: Death of Neil Armstrong, aged 82 Article from The Australian Number 3: Transit of Venus Article from ABC News Solar Eclipse Article from News.com.au Number 2: Mars Curiosity Rover lands Article from ... Continue Reading »

Firstly, I’ve been absent from this blog for the last couple of weeks so an apology is in order to regular readers. One week I was crook with one of those nasty little lurgies that are going around at the moment and the next week I was up to my ... Continue Reading »

On Wednesday 6 June, the people of Earth will be able to witness a ‘transit of Venus’ - when the planet Venus can be seen moving across the face of the Sun. RiAus plays host to an event on Tuesday 29 May to celebrate and discuss this astounding celestial event. ... Continue Reading »

How many men have died pursuing their science? How many have travelled to the little known reaches of the Earth in pursuit of their science? Both questions can be explored in the stories of the transit of Venus during the 18th and 19th centuries. From remote Kerguelen Island to ... Continue Reading »

This June, there will be a great opportunity to observe one of the rarest events in astronomy. Even though the transit of Venus last happened just 8 years ago, after this year's transit, we will not observe the planet of Venus crossing in front of the sun again ... Continue Reading »

Direct from the Perth Observatory and NASA livestreaming, the transit was broadcast to the world live via the RiAus website. You can listen to the audio clips about the significance and history of the transits from RiAus Director Dr Paul Willis and Curator of Astronomy at the Sydney Observatory Dr ... Continue Reading »

Your final chance to witness an extraordinary astronomical event is marked by 2012. For the last time until 2117 the planet Venus will move directly between the Sun and the Earth, becoming visible as a black dot on the sun’s surface. Transit of Venus by Nick Lomb celebrates ... Continue Reading »

What an amazing year in astronomy! We will have a peak in solar activity as the Sun’s magnetic poles reverse, the asteroid Eros 433 passed as close to the Earth as it ever has and Venus will pass between us and the Sun for the last time in the next ... Continue Reading »