• 1839: The first ever photographs of the Moon are taken.
• 1860: The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
• 1896: Sir Lawrence James Wackett who is also known as Father of Australian Aviation was born.
• 1995: Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (estimated5 billion light years away)
• 2004: Stardust, NASA Aircraft successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that it will return to Earth two years later.[audio:2009/020109-Audio-TodayInTech.mp3]