08
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.
04
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.
No events are currently scheduled.