An exploded star, what is called a supernova, can be seen by observers here on Earth as it peaks on Friday, September 9, 2011. See Supernova 2011fe from your backyard.

Researchers at Melbourne's Swinburne University of Technology have been examining the tradeoff between processing and storage costs in cloud environments.

In a final show-down with South Africa, Australia's bid for the SKA continues to receive Federal Government support via this evening's budget.

We hear so much about the wonder of the Geminid meteors, but how do we see them in Australia?

Canon has developed the world's largest CMOS image sensor - a huge 202 by 205mm chip.

Once every 27 years astronomers see a mysterious object passing in front of the star epsilon Aurigae. Based on new images taken in January 2010 when the star was fully eclipsed by this mysterious object, astronomers now think the object is another star with a dusty disk around it.  

Thousands of volunteers with home computers from around the world are using Milkyway@Home to help create a three-dimensional model of the Milky Way galaxy. Would you like to join?

Astronomers have shown keen interest in an object that will fly past Earth on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. What has peaked their interest are the facts that it has an orbit of exactly one year and astronomers are not really sure what it is.

U.S. astronomers have announced that they have made the first definitive measurement of dark matter. They describe the shape indirectly observed as similar to a "squashed … cosmic beach ball."

The annual Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to peak on January 3, 2010, with favorable viewing skies over Eastern Europe and Asia. Many of the meteors within the Quadrantids will appear bluish in color.