Category: Articles
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New type of star system? Mysterious radio signal puzzles astronomers
Published: November 26, 2019 1.34am AEDT This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Laura Nicole Driessen, University of Manchester After observing a part of the sky near the Southern Constellation of Ara for about two months using MeerKAT, a radio telescope based in the Karoo desert…
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Earth is getting a tiny new mini-moon. It won’t be the first (or the last)
Published: September 23, 2024 2.07pm AEST This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Laura Nicole Driessen, University of Sydney Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured…
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Daylight saving is about to start. But why do the days get longer?
Published: October 4, 2024 9.29am AEST This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Laura Nicole Driessen, University of Sydney The days are getting longer and in Australia, the switch to daylight saving time is almost upon us (for about 70% of the population, anyway). But why…
Dr Laura Driessen 