Comets are not unusual. Dozens of them are found every year and a handful – such as Halley’s Comet – are repeat visitors to our skies. But genuinely bright comets must tread a celestial path that …
The Coming of the Comet
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Astronomy | New Zealand
Keep Looking Up
I chalked up a personal first yesterday; I saw an aurora with my own eyes and it was every bit as remarkable as I could have hoped for. I was not alone in sharing this special moment – anyone…
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Amongst everything else that happened in 2023 a key anniversary for a landmark in our understanding of the Universe passed largely unnoticed – the centenary of the realisation that not o…
Do Look Up
Watching a group of people come together to do something this hard and this unprecedentedly complex – often in the face of administrative inertia – reminds me that it is not only possi…