Stardome Observatory and Planetarium

Using the Matariki star cluster as a context for learning can cover many different subjects. Matariki is also known as ...

Astronomy is a fascinating, complex and deeply rewarding subject. Celestial objects have been studied by humankind for millennia and are ...

In 2018, NASA launched a thrilling mission unlike any other to date. From Cape Canaveral, the Parker Solar Probe was ...

Our Solar System, and all other star systems, form from a collapsing nebula. Often called stellar nurseries, nebulae are the ...

Black holes are a scientific mystery – there is so much still to discover. The first image of a black ...

An eclipse is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs when something obscures something else – it eclipses it! This may sound ...

On 5 August 2017, 54.6 million kilometres from Earth, amongst the red dust and rocks, the familiar tune of Happy ...

A significant part of our nightscape, the Moon has been the subject of myths, alternative conceptions and conspiracies for decades. ...

Māori ancestors possessed a wealth of astronomical knowledge that they referred to as tātai arorangi.

Join Andrea Soanes and Angela Schipper as we unpack ideas connected to Te Kāhui o Matariki and Environment Aotearoa 2022 ...

Tātai arorangi, Māori astronomical knowledge, is fundamental to te ao Māori. It forms a significant pillar of whakapapa stretching back ...