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Please refer to:

RSES COVID-19 Response plan for ongoing RSES specific announcements & updates
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Scientists dig deep to reveal Earth’s hidden layer

La Niña drives cooler temperatures, high rainfall during Australian summer

Australia-bound asteroid sample may reveal life’s origins

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Research »

Apr

Scientists dig deep to reveal Earth’s hidden layer ...

Dec

ANU experts to support follow-on Hyabusa2 research ...

News »

Jan

Australia’s Black Summer a climate wake-up call »

The Black Summer fires were unprecedented in their scale and power, as well as the number of fires that transitioned into extreme pyrocumulonimbus events.

Dec

The Hayabusa2 spacecraft is about to drop a chunk of asteroid in the Australian outback »

Asteroids come in two main flavours. S-type (for “stony”) asteroids are made of ferromagnesian minerals, rich in iron and magnesium, such as olivine and pyroxene. They can be identified by their bright spectrum of reflected infrared light.