Luke, Martin and Jarryd headed off to Wolfe Creek meteorite crater in remote WA last week. The plan was to make a 3D image of the crater using a drone, map the crater, take some samples (to analyse for shock or melt glass and confirm the date of impact) and combine it all to make a virtual fieldwork laboratory so that anyone […]
WOLFE CREEK EXPEDITION DAY FOUR
Luke, Martin and Jarryd headed off to Wolfe Creek meteorite crater in remote WA last week. The plan was to make a 3D image of the crater using a drone, map the crater, take some samples (to analyse for shock or melt glass and confirm the date of impact) and combine it all to make a virtual fieldwork laboratory so that anyone […]
WOLFE CREEK EXPEDITION DAY THREE
Luke, Martin and Jarryd headed off to Wolfe Creek meteorite crater in remote WA last week. The plan was to make a 3D image of the crater using a drone, map the crater, take some samples (to analyse for shock or melt glass and confirm the date of impact) and combine it all to make a virtual fieldwork laboratory so that anyone […]
Wolfe Creek Expedition day two
Luke, Martin and Jarryd head off to Wolfe Creek meteorite crater in remote WA last week. The plan is to make a 3D image of the crater using a drone, map the crater, take some samples (to analyse for shock or melt glass and confirm the date of impact) and combine it all to make a virtual fieldwork laboratory so you can […]
Wolfe creek expedition day one
Luke, Martin and Jarryd head off to Wolfe Creek meteorite crater in remote WA last week. The plan is to make a 3D image of the crater using a drone, map the crater, take some samples (to analyse for shock or melt glass and confirm the date of impact) and combine it all to make a virtual fieldwork laboratory so you can […]
Ellie’s and the team’s adventures in California
Most of the Fireballs team headed to California last month to attend the annual Meteoritical Society meeting. ‘MetSoc’ as it is affectionately known offers the international visitors more than just talks about meteorite science. Here’s Ellie’s account of a ‘day out’ during MetSoc. The Advanced Light Source was built to create new particles and discovered loads, including uranium! After the ALS, we […]
Fireballs makes an impact in the USA
Gretchen represented some of the Fireballs team at a recent crater conference in Maryland, U.S.A – the Workshop on issues in crater studies and the dating of planetary surfaces What were you sharing at the conference Gretchen? We’ve been looking at ways to date the surface of craters on Mars using the supercomputers at Curtin University. We now have a great deal […]
Mount Magnet Astro Rocks Fest
Lucy and I saw a sample of the world’s oldest rock yesterday – from Jack Hills, WA, containing zircons over 4.3 billion years old. We also saw Saturn, it’s rings and a bunch of it’s moons through a telescope as well as a gallery packed full of awesome Aboriginal artwork. Where? Mount Magnet. Why? The annual Mount Magnet Astro Rocks Fest. Each year rock […]
Transient astronomy with the DFN
Transient Astronomical Events or ‘transients’ are flickers in space – changes in light that last for seconds, days, weeks or years at a time. These could be caused by supernovae, gamma ray bursts, or asteroids and planets passing in front of their sun. Hadrien’s doing a PhD with the Fireballs team and working out how to use our Desert Fireball Network cameras to […]
Oodnadatta Fireball
Oodnadatta Fireball – Fireballs in the Sky Did we mention how much we love fireballs? This image of an Oodnadatta Fireball was taken by Peter Jerie, amateur astrophotographer on 1 April 2015. We came across it on the blog Lunar Meteorite Hunters a few days later, checked our own Desert Fireball Network cameras, and yes! We got some pictures of it too! We’re […]