Venus Bright, Venus Light ...
Brightest Before It Goes The brilliant `evening star' we've grown accustomed to in the western sky will reach its peak brightness on July 14. If you haven't noticed how bright Venus is in the evening sky, don't wait too long to...[more]
Poland, Germany and USA Buy R40m Share in Africa's Giant Eye
MEDIA STATEMENT By Dr Ben Ngubane South African Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology For Immediate Release : 1 June 1999 Poland, Germany and USA Buy R40m Share in Africa's Giant Eye Construction of the Southern...[more]
'New Star' Sails In: Nova Velorum 1999
Having a Blast You can see an explosion on another star tonight, if the clouds let you. On May 23, 1999, it was about as bright as the dimmest of the four stars in the Southern Cross. It may, in fact, turn out to have been...[more]
The Light of 5 Billion Billion Suns
Seizing the Moment Reacting quickly to an international alert, astronomers at SAAO Sutherland imaged the fading glow of a 'gamma ray burst', the most powerful type of explosion known in the Universe, on May 10. It began at...[more]
Multiple Planets Around a Sunlike Star: Background and Explanation
From Planet California The total number of possible planets discovered revolving around stars like the Sun is now at least 20 -- and for the first time there is good evidence that one of these stars has more than one planet....[more]
Skies Ablaze with Love and War
East and West Two brilliant planets appear in the evening sky of early May. Rising in the east is the orange-coloured planet Mars, only 87 million kilometers from Earth on May 1, making its closest approach to Earth since 1990....[more]
Venus and Jupiter Tango Again
Lights in the February Sky Two brilliant planets will appear strikingly close together in the western sky on Tuesday evening. Jupiter, largest of the planets, will appear just above the even brighter (as seen from Earth) Venus....[more]
Last updated: 26 May 2011
