A poor start for meteor showers in 2021 but things get better with a possible spectacular surprise later in the year. Here’s your guide on when and where to look to catch nature’s fireworks.
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We recorded the largest number of bigfin squids ever seen in one area. Before this, this rather elongated creature had only been spotted a dozen times across the globe.
This newly discovered ancient monk seal is challenging previous theories about how and where monachine seals evolved. It’s the biggest breakthrough in seal evolution research in about 70 years.
Meteor telah dapat dilihat sejak dahulu kala. Meteor terdiri dari potongan puing-puing, biasanya tidak lebih besar dari butiran debu atau pasir, yang terus-menerus menabrak atmosfer bumi. Ketika puing-puing…
Our new research has more than doubled the known fossil record of seals in Australia.
“I arrived in Perth and bought a foam mattress for the back of my car – my bed for half of the trip. I stocked up on tinned food, and I headed north in search of these tiny eight-legged gems.”
Aerial baiting has been Australia’s foremost weapon against pest species for the past 74 years. But at what cost?
A big year ahead for some of the meteor showers this year. Here’s your 2020 guide on when and where to look to catch nature’s fireworks.
On December 26 a solar eclipse will be visible from northern Australia, southern Asia and parts of the Middle East.
The Victorian grassland earless dragon may well be the first lizard species driven to extinction on Australia’s mainland. But conservationists aren’t ready to declare it dead just yet.
Moonlight will spoil some of the big meteor showers this year, but still plenty of others to see. So here’s your guide on when and where to look to catch nature’s fireworks.
For Australians serving overseas in WWI, Christmas was particularly difficult. Menus reveal how soldiers tried to maintain the traditions of home.
The five planets visible to the naked eye since ancient times are putting on a dazzling display this month, in a night-sky dance along with the Moon.
It’s quite hard to tell when a sea creature is extinct – there’s always hope it will turn up somewhere.
Astronomers traced a single star as it passed close to the black hole at the centre of our galaxy, and detected the telltale signature of Einstein’s gravity in action.
Di Indonesia bagian barat, gerhana bulan dimulai Sabtu dinihari pukul 01.24 WIB dan berakhir pada 05.19 WIB. Terlama sepanjang abad ke-21.
All five five planets visible to the naked-eye are on show in the night skies over Australia, and a Blood Moon on the way too.
Now’s a great time to see Jupiter as it’s about to be the closest to Earth for some time. Time too to catch up with the latest on the Juno mission, exploring the largest planet in our Solar System.
There is plenty of excitement about the lunar eclipse this week, but don’t believe all you read and hear about this wonderful astronomical event.
Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2018. Where to look and when in both the northern and southern skies to catch nature’s fireworks.
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Senior Curator, Society & Technology Department, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Senior Curator, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Research Associate, Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Chief Executive Officer, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Senior Curator, Terrestrial Vertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Entomology/Arachnology Registration Officer, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Coordinator, Live Exhibits, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Head of Sciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Honorary Research Fellow, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Senior Curator of Geology, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria and Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Senior Curator (Vertebrate Palaeontology & Palaeobotany), Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
