Cloudy today! With a high of 19C and a low of 19C. 95 Humidity. 13 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from South.

Sometimes the night sky is full of surprises. Take the sky over Lindis Pass, South Island, New Zealand one-night last week. Instead of a typically calm night sky filled with constant stars, a busy and dynamic night sky appeared. Suddenly visible were pervasive red aurora, green picket-fence aurora, a red SAR arc, a STEVE, a […]

Cloudy today! With a high of 16C and a low of 16C. 98 Humidity. 12 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. After launch, the spacecraft plans to fly by Mars in February 2025, then back by Earth in December 2026, using the gravity of […]

How bright and strange will the tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS become? The comet has brightened dramatically over the few weeks as it passed its closest to the Sun and, just three days ago, passed its closest to the Earth. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) became of the brightest comets of the past century over the past few […]

Cloudy today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 100 Humidity. 11 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from North.

Go outside at sunset tonight and see a comet! C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) has become visible in the early evening sky in northern locations to the unaided eye. To see the comet, look west through a sky with a low horizon. If the sky is clear and dark enough, you will not even need binoculars — […]

Showers today! With a high of 16C and a low of 16C. 96 Humidity. 7 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

Did you see last night’s aurora? This question was relevant around much of the world a few days ago because a powerful auroral storm became visible unusually far from the Earth’s poles. The cause was a giant X-class solar flare on Tuesday that launched energetic electrons and protons into the Solar System, connecting to the […]

AM Clouds/PM Sun today! With a high of 13C and a low of 13C. 90 Humidity. 14 C currently. 19 Km/h Wind from Southwest.