15 January 2014 I am up in FNQ (Far North Queensland) for a weeks holiday. Given it is the wet…
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How to see asteroid 2012 DA14 fly past Earth Saturday morning (with Brisbane finder chart)
Update (4.29 pm AEST): Reports are emerging out of the Urals region of Russia of a meteor being shot down…
Maryborough floods big enough to see from space!
(Posted 29 January 2013) Thanks to Astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard the International Space Station, we can see how big the…
Cyclone Yasi imaged by NASA’s Aqua satellite
It is only from space that you can really appreciate how big Cyclone Yasi is. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has…
Lead scientist of Mars Rover camera team speaks at University of Queensland
The lead scientist for the Mars Rover camera team Professor Jim Bell, who is the lead scientist on the Mars…
Queensland amateur astronomer discovers supernova
On the night of May 22-23, 2010 Brisbane amateur astronomer Brendan Downs discovered a supernova in the galaxy IC 4854.…