astronomy

Expert Reactions | Published: 12 January 201212 January 2012

A hunt for extrasolar planets has revealed that, on average, every star in the Milky Way has at least one […]

In the News | Published: 28 November 201128 November 2011

A New Zealander has captured the first amateur photograph of solar system other than our own, drawing international attention. Rolf Olsen, […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 October 201105 October 2011

The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a group of astronomers whose research revealed that the universe is […]

In the News | Published: 19 May 201119 May 2011

New Zealand astronomers and astrophysicists have helped identify a collection of Jupiter-sized free-floating planets that do not orbit stars, but […]

In the News | Published: 22 June 2010

British scientists say that the sun’s coronal loops vibrate like the strings of a guitar, and claim that they have […]

In the News | Published: 25 March 2010

Dan Parker reports for 3 News that Wellington’s Carter Observatory, which has been closed for the last two years, will […]

In the News | Published: 21 October 2009

European astronomers have found another 32 planets in solar systems outside ours, bringing the total number of exoplanets to more […]

Blog | Published: 14 November 2008

In astronomical news this week: For the first time, images have been captured of a planetary system orbiting another star. […]