The comet 46P/Wirtanen is just 1.2km in size but it should be visible in the night sky this Saturday as it makes a close approach to Earth this year. And don't forget the Geminids meteor shower.
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Of 19 World Heritage sites across the country, only two, Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta, recognise the values of "living" Aboriginal culture. None of Australia's three sites inscribed purely for cultural values recognises Aboriginal people.
Long ago in the distant past, our entire Universe was microscopic – just like an atom – and obeyed completely different rules of cause and effect.
Even the Voyager spacecraft are controlled remotely, 20 billion kilometres away. It takes 20 hours for instructions to travel from Earth to the spacecraft but we can do it -- using a remote.
The new planet is believed to be orbiting Barnard's Star, a red dwarf that's not visible to the naked eye but one of the closest stars to our Solar System.
There are probably more than a million planets in the universe for every single grain of sand on Earth. That's a lot of planets. My guess is that there probably is life elsewhere in the Universe.
There are lots of places where it's much, much hotter than the Sun. And the amazing thing is that this heat also makes new atoms - tiny particles that have made their way long ago from stars to us.
We read about and watch other people moving to the coast or country and, in doing so, sometimes we're persuaded to join the seachangers and treechangers ourselves.
Research has started to identify the key factors in creating communities that promote good early childhood development.
Whether you call it Planet X or Planet Nine, talk of another planet lurking in our Solar system won't go away. So what does the discovery of a new object – nicknamed "The Goblin" – add to the debate?
By embracing natural gas made from renewable sources, we can still use gas for heating, cooking and industry, while slashing greenhouse emissions and even keeping much of the same infrastructure.
We need to consider changing the rules of tennis, to make them more consistent across tournaments and players.
For 60 years, native police were deployed in Queensland to 'disperse' Aboriginal communities (a euphemism for systematic killing). Unearthing their camps is a key part of reckoning with the violence of those times.
Los investigadores han encontrado un gran lago de agua salada enterrado a 1,5 kilómetros bajo el casquete polar sur de Marte. ¿Qué significa eso para la vida en el planeta rojo?
Researchers have found evidence of a large lake of salty water, buried 1.5 kilometres beneath the southern polar ice cap on Mars. So what does that mean for life on the red planet?
Jupiter now has at least 79 moons, the most for any known planet. But where did these newly discovered moons come from?
While disaster insurance would go a long way in averting losses, demand for cover is still lower than expected.
Around 14% of Australians identify as spiritual. It is time they were given the same rights as those belonging to organised religions.
Self-organisation initiatives taken by slum residents across Africa can help urban development.
Since it began in the 1950s, Eurovision has embraced everything from metal to the global juggernaut of Scandi-pop, and of course the Eurodance and disco synonymous with Eurovision.
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Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor and Principal Scientist, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor (Physics), University of Southern Queensland
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Professor in Archaeology, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Arts and Communication, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow (Regional Community Development), Strategic Research Projects, University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer in Law, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Psychology, University of Southern Queensland
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