The Adelaide Supernovas

31/08/2026

30/08/2026

The Adelaide public science event of the year was recently held with a talk from world renowned comparative anatomist and whale expert Professor Joy Reidenberg whose talk was titled ‘Beauty IN the Beast: Comparative Anatomy of Sound Production’. Joy is at the Center for Anatomy and Functional Morphology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA. We are fortunate to have been able to adopt Joy into our Adelaide family at the Supernovas. Thanks go out to Adelaide University for the Braggs Lecture Theatre, and special thanks to Graeme Stanley, Nathan Benger, David Stemmer (SAM), and Aris Moustakas for their support during the event – August 2026.

29/08/2026

Another successful session held at the planetarium recently was ‘Cosmos of the Muisca’ with special guest speaker Monica Lopez and Adelaide Planetarium lecturer Paul Curnow – August 2026

28/08/2026

Hurry - last tickets for this FREE event being run by the West Torrens Library!

Join renowned Astronomer Paul Curnow for a deep diver into the Cosmos of Ancient Egypt

27/08/2026

Dark matter continues to challenge astronomers as they work to solve the mystery of this so-far-unseen material that permeates the Universe. It's not that the stuff doesn't exist. It does, but we just can't see it. The only way it can be detected is by its gravitational effects on ordinary matter. A...

24/08/2026

As part of her visit with us recently, Professor Joy Reidenberg got to visit Animals Anonymous (our December speakers), where she was able to interact with some of our unique Australian wildlife – August 2026.