The Noongar people are the traditional owners of the south-west of Western Australia and have been for over 45,000 years. In the Noongar calendar, the months of February and March bring the season of Bunuru. Mainstream education teaches the four seasons of Spring,...
The Lyrids Meteor Shower is active from 16th to 25th April and is known for its fast and bright meteors, with occasional fireballs. Meteor showers are named after the constellation where the “shooting stars” appear to be coming from. In the case of the Lyrids, the...
On these beautiful nights, take the time to be outside after sunset to see a stunning view of Venus and Saturn close to the crescent Moon. If you keep watching the pair over the coming fortnight, you’ll see the planets appear very close to each other on 18th...
The winners of the 2023 Astrofest Astrophotography Competition and Exhibition were announced at last month’s Astrofest held at Curtin University in Perth. The winner of the Best Astrotourism WA Nightscape Award was Virat Shah for his image entitled “Desert Dreams”....
Sigma Scorpii (known as Alniyat) is a multi star system in the constellation of Scorpius. To the naked eye, it looks like one star and is located near the red supergiant star, Antares. On the evening of 26th April, Alniyat will disappear behind our Moon. The star will...
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