Astronomers will investigate this fireball to help disentangle the heritage and history of the Solar System’s formation.
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Unlike some other over-hyped meteor showers, this one is the real deal.
The activities of illegal miners are a threat to the sustainability of the crater.
The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are small but fluctuating.
Get past the fake science, and the Taurid meteor shower foreshadows what could, one day, pose a troubling scenario.
On July 31, Earth will pass through two debris streams that will produce meteor showers. Here’s where to look in the night sky in Australia and New Zealand.
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks each year in early May, but this year it should be particularly good, thanks to dark skies and extra activity.
In 2024 we will see meteor showers, Saturn disappearing behind the Moon, and – if we’re lucky – a comet bright enough to see with the naked eye.
Meteorites are usually discovered by someone who notices an unusual rock while out walking.
Barely a week goes by without headlines about a giant asteroid coming past Earth. Here’s what really makes an asteroid pass notable – it’s not just size.
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute; The University of Melbourne
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University
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Adjunct Professor, Centre for Astrophysics, University of Southern Queensland
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Research Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Senior lecturer, University of Ghana
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Research Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
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Professor of Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology, University of the Witwatersrand