The search and finding of the Takapō Meteorite and what we have since learnt about it. And Fireballs Aotearoa’s activities over the last year including the search for the Mahoe […]

Matariki – Ngā Whetū o te Tau Hou / The Stars of the New Year Join us at Stardome as we celebrate Matariki in 2025— a time of remembrance, reflection, […]

The JWST is the most expensive and powerful telescope astronomers have ever constructed. Its launch in 2021 started a new phase in our exploration of the cosmos, with the observatory's […]

The Universe sings an intricate melody composed of gravitational waves, the cosmic echoes of cataclys- mic events. Yet it’s only in recent years that we have begun to listen to […]

When an unsuspecting star wanders too close to a supermassive black hole, the star can be ripped apart by the black hole's immense gravity. As the black hole messily feeds […]