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Australia just committed $207 million to a major satellite program. What is it, and why do we need it?

Landsat Nextis the next generation of an Earth observation satellite program from which Australia has benefited for over 40 years. Here's what it means for Australia.

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Headshot of a woman outside nuclear physics building
Monday, 15 Jan 2024
  • News

Physicists measured nuclei bouncing off one another, without sufficient energy to overcome the electrostatic repulsion between the two positively charged nuclei, and found that after the collision, the nuclei had turned into different elements.

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A burnt landscape
Thursday, 11 Jan 2024
  • News

Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods, megadroughts and bushfires, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.

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Dark sky stars
Tuesday, 09 Jan 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years.

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Representation of nanoflower
Tuesday, 02 Jan 2024
  • News

In the search for optimum hydrogen production researchers have found decorating their electrodes with tiny metal flowers boosts the process significantly.

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Astronomers detect seismic ripples in ancient galactic disk
Friday, 22 Dec 2023
  • News

A new snapshot of an ancient, far-off galaxy could help scientists understand how it formed and the origins of our own Milky Way.

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Rocket launching at nighttime
Monday, 18 Dec 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

A new report shows what the Australian public thinks about Australia’s investment and activities in space and the results are eye opening.

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A woman standing among some trees smiling at the camera
Wednesday, 13 Dec 2023
  • Student profile

Isobel Bender is graduating with a PhB (Honours) having made what her supervisor Professor Jamie Pittock calls “an unprecedented impact on the public good as an undergraduate researcher”.

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Man in front a green garden
Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023
  • Student profile

“I see maths as more of an art than a science,” Grover Lancaster-Cole says.

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Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023
  • Student profile

Dr Matt Nurse shares an insight into his research on dissemination of misinformation and his aspirations for a future where science communication is more crucial than ever.

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