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Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Stargazing quiz Do you know your Southern Cross from your saucepan? Test how much you know about the moon, stars and planets that make up our beautiful night sky.
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
Lunar cycles A new study suggests there is a link between high tides produced during a full moon and an increase in large earthquakes, but how solid is the evidence?
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Water source Water-rich asteroids that bombarded the Moon between 4.5 billion and 4.3 billion years ago were the main source of water in the Moon's interior, suggests a new study.
Friday, 1 April 2016
Aussie sky guide This month the Emu in the Sky rises in all its glory and three planets grace the evening skies. Head away from city lights and you'll catch a beautiful sky show these school holidays.
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Shifting axis Ice deposits that formed in craters on opposite sides of the Moon three billion years ago indicate it may have once spun on a different axis.
Friday, 18 December 2015
Lunar mission The Moon's tenuous atmosphere changes depending on its exposure to the Sun and to meteor showers, astronomers have discovered.
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
StarStuff Podcast FINAL EPISODE: Bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres are giant salt pans. Also; climate change slowing the planet's rotation, and searching for the universe's missing matter.
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
StarStuff Podcast Astronomers observe for the first time how the Sun acts as a powerful accelerator. Also: The LISA Pathfinder launches on its mission to test Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, and discovery of another possible dwarf planet out beyond Pluto.
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
StarStuff Podcast A monster black hole rips apart a Sun-like star in a spectacular stellar feeding frenzy. Also; Earth's magnetic field isn't about to flip just yet, and the new model explaining how the Moon got its tilt.
Thursday, 26 November 2015
How the Moon got its tilt Ancient planetary building blocks or planetesimals left over from the formation of the solar system flying close to the Moon, were enough to tilt the Moon's orbit.
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
StarStuff Podcast Scientists witness for the first time how planets are born and grow. Also; The red planet Mars to get a Saturn-like ring, and 100 years of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
StarStuff Podcast Solving the last remaining questions about the birth of Earth's Moon. Also: new images of the most powerful explosion since the Big Bang of creation, and confirmation that the Martian atmosphere was blown away by the Sun.
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Moon Mystery New model solves the last remaining major questions about the birth of the Earth's Moon.
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
StarStuff Podcast Discovery of molecular oxygen on comet 67P leads to questions about where the Earth, Sun and solar system were made. Also; new studies examine the interstellar space around our solar system, and probe magnetic fields inside stars.
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
StarStuff Podcast Astronomers confirm dark streaks running down cliffs on the Red Planet contain evidence of flowing liquid water. Also; Rosetta's comet 67P consists of two separate comets that merged early in the history of the solar system, and new computer simulations reveal how the brightest galaxies in the universe were formed.