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Earth is moving through a bit of space where three streams of debris intersect with our orbit. These streams will give birth to the stars of this weekend’s show.
Could the Tau Herculid meteor shower put on a spectacular show next week? Only time will tell.
Each year, the Earth runs through a broad river of dust surrounding Comet Halley – giving birth to the spectacular Eta Aquariid meteor shower.
Penguins will have the best seat in the house as a total solar eclipse passes over Antarctica on December 4. Australia and New Zealand will experience a minor partial eclipse, but not a noticeable one.
A partial lunar eclipse during moonrise will let viewers in most Australian capitals see the Moon partly shrouded in Earth’s shadow, while the “Moon illusion” makes it look larger than life.
The universe has a finite age — 13.8 billion years to be exact. So if it had a beginning, why is it so difficult to say for sure whether it will have an end?
Sonar scans of the Indian Ocean floor south of Christmas Island have revealed a Tolkeinesque landscape of towering peaks, ashen uplands and ominous volcanic craters.
Mars, Venus and the crescent Moon will all come together in the sky just after sunset on Tuesday.
Ophiojura, discovered living on a seamount deep in the Pacific Ocean, is the last known survivor of a unique group of animals that diverged from its closest relatives way back in the Jurassic period.
Ancient climate change doomed the monk seals that lived in Australian waters millions of years ago.
After more than 300 years of effort, scientists have documented fewer than one-third of Australia’s species. The remaining 70% are unknown, and essentially invisible, to science.
There are too many little-understood species for scientists to study them all. A new approach helps decide which ones to tackle first.
This Wednesday night, everywhere in Australia will have a box seat for a spectacular total eclipse of the Moon.
Of the three probes to reach Mars this month, only two will land. But they will add to our growing knowledge of the red planet, and the search for evidence of life.
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.
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.
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Senior Curator, Society & Technology Department, Museums Victoria
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Senior Curator, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Museums Victoria
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Research Associate, Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria
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Chief Executive Officer, Museums Victoria
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Senior Curator, Terrestrial Vertebrates, Museums Victoria
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Entomology/Arachnology Registration Officer, Museums Victoria
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Coordinator, Live Exhibits, Museums Victoria
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Head of Sciences, Museums Victoria
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Senior Curator of Geology, Museums Victoria
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Senior Curator (Vertebrate Palaeontology & Palaeobotany), Museums Victoria
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Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria
