Senior CSIRO scientist made the most of his inventive streak

ALAN KENNETH HEAD PHYSICIST, MATHEMATICIAN, INNOVATOR 10-8-1925 €” 6-1-2010

Blink quickly and you will see it

News of tiny Pluto's discovery shook Earth, writes Perry Vlahos.

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on the town

Footpath Astronomy Where Outside the Retreat Hotel, 226 Nicholson St, Abbotsford; Thurs-Sat (clear nights only)

Celestial scoop: best sky photos ever

IS IT astronomy or is it art? The boundaries between the two merge with the Powerhouse Museum's new exhibition, From Earth to the Universe, opening to the public today.

Small glimpse led to massive new vision

AS HE raised the instrument to his eye the astronomer made a confession. "It is amazing how little you can see through it."

The centre of the Milky Way

A teapot, clusters and more are within the constellation of the archer. By Perry Vlahos.

Jupiter black spot a red-letter day for astronomer

IT WAS, said amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley, "a planet buster".

Room with little view

UNIT 46 Factory Theatre, Marrickville, June 25 Until July 19

Astronomers see historic house in a new light

THE ancient Druids may not have been the only ones who celebrated the sun's passage across the sky.

Forty years after one small step on the moon, we're bracing for a giant impact

A ROBOT explorer will soar into space next week on a kamikaze mission to punch a hole in the moon. The aim is to learn whether ice lurks where the sun never shines, on the floor of the moon's polar craters.