illuminating science

Then again, hot on the heels of my last post (rant?) about bad reporting, the ABC News (Australia!) had on their front page about a neat astronomical planetary lineup that’s happening this week. Mercury, Venus and Saturn will be lined up nicely in the Western sky for the rest of the week - making a nice twilight display (yes, twilight!)
It’s been raining here the last couple of days, so I’ve yet to see them, but hopefully it’ll clear up soon!

Good on you ABC for deciding this was headline worthy Of course, it probably doesn’t compare to a tsunami or politics on the world scheme of things, but it sure beats the latest footy results or yet-another-celebrity-breakup - I think it’s great to go out and marvel at the universe every once in a while