Solar System & Eclipses
The Big Mars Hoax
As August approaches each year, we start to receive emails that claim Mars is approaching very close to the Earth, and that it will appear "as large as the full moon" in the night sky.
Observing Mars
Mars will come into Opposition on 3 March 2012. Two days later, on 5 March 2012, the planet will have its closest approach to Earth. Learn how to see the red planet.
2002 Total Solar Eclipse
In 2002, thousands of people converged on South Australia Outback to witness a spectacular total solar eclipse.