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APS Early Bird Registration Deadline

Posted on February 22, 2016 by clairefb

APS2016 4-5 April Space Place at Carter Observatory, Wellington, NZ Its hard to believe that its nearly the end of February already, and just 6 weeks to the APS conference. The deadline for Early Bird registration is Monday 29th February, … Continue reading →

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Mission Complete

Posted on February 11, 2016 by warikl

*Reprinted on behalf of SciTech On 3 February 2016, Scitech launched a weather balloon into the stratosphere with a very special mini-astronaut onboard. The launch was part of Scitech’s ‘Get Your Face Near Space’ competition and the lucky first place … Continue reading →

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APS 2016 – Registration now open

Posted on January 21, 2016 by clairefb

4-5 April Space Place at Carter Observatory, Wellington, NZ   Now that the new year is in full swing its time to look forward to this years APS conference. You can find further details about APS 2016 at APS info 2016, and … Continue reading →

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APS 2016 – Call for Submissions

Posted on December 24, 2015 by clairefb

4-5 April Space Place at Carter Observatory, Wellington, NZ Plans for the 2016 APS conference are moving along quickly and more information and registration details will be appearing early in the new year. In the meantime if you are planning to attend … Continue reading →

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UNSW Physics at the Science Festival

Posted on October 28, 2015 by apsplanetarium

The Australian Museum was host to the annual Science Festival that is held over National Science Week. Activities are dedicated towards Primary Students (11 – 13 August), the Community (15 August) and Secondary Students (18 – 20 August). UNSW Physics … Continue reading →

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Deadline for submitting IPS abstracts has been extended

Posted on October 21, 2015 by warikl

The IPS 2016 conference is now approaching.  The deadline for submitting abstracts to the conference has now been extended until the 26th of October 2015, 23.59 UTC. Proposals can be submitted on-line via registration form on the website http://www.ips2016.org/.   In the program section … Continue reading →

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Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Posted on October 16, 2015 by apsplanetarium

To coincide with the conjunction of Mars and Jupiter this month, Space Place at Carter Observatory are screening Robinson Crusoe on Mars on Wednesday 21st.  What better place to watch this cheesy retro classic sci fi film than a planetarium.  Even … Continue reading →

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DomeLab Workshop, Oct 23 2015

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Paul Bourke

DOMELAB WORKSHOP OCT 23 2015

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Spooktacular returns to Stardome!

Posted on September 9, 2015 by apsplanetarium

For the second year now the 31st October brings Halloween to Stardome with our ‘Spooktacular’ special. Stardome gives way to tombstones, spiders and pumpkins. Children’s activities include some very creepy worms in slime, a good old fashion bob for apple … Continue reading →

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New position available at SciTech Planetarium

Posted on September 8, 2015 by apsplanetarium

Scitech is seeking an innovative and driven person to join their team as the STEM Visualisation Coordinator. Full details of the position can be found here: STEM Visualisation Coordinator

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