Ask an astronomer what they saw after experiencing a total solar eclipse, and you’ll get words like “diamond ring”, “Bailey’s Beads” and perhaps “shadow band...

Mindless travel offends me deeply . When guides march ahead with a sign to follow; it frustrates me no end when they dictate what time we’ll leave, what orde...

20 years ago, almost to the day, I visited Niagara Falls. In doing so, I was fulfilling one of my goals from when I joined the ‘red and white’ travel agency ...

“72% of the birds in this park are rescued from being trafficked.” The information sign in Spanish, Portuguese and English stands for all to read, shortly af...

Whilst the silent dancing clouds of a aurora are spectacular at night, the northern lights are not the only thing you should keep your eyes

I mean really notice them – like there are millions up there and you can’t believe that they’ve been there all this time. Welcome to Austral

As a dark-sky savvy audience, you probably expect me to say: There was light. But no, there wasn’t. Rather, it began because of a shadow. A

My chicken laid an egg. That’s what chickens do… right? The man in the feedlot said they often start to lay in Autumn, and he was right.

In 2014, Fred and I led an astronomy and volcanology tour of Hawaii. We were fortunate to get an up close and personal visit of the

1 week 4 days 18 people 100,000,000 stars – maybe more Together with 18 people, I celebrated the last night of International Dark Sky Week

I can't help but reflect on the privilege of spending just over 2 hours with 250 people in the dark. Not something that you do all the time!