Blog - Fireballs in the Sky

12 Nov The team are getting further away … and closer to Birdsville!

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The DFN team's field trip to put out more cameras in SA had them seeing some beautiful skies and making friends with the wildlife. A quick note and some awesome picks just in from our team out installing cameras, they're closer to Birdsville than Kalgoorlie! "The trip...

23 Oct Fireballs at Earth Science Month events

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[caption id="attachment_1041" align="alignnone" width="400"] Lucy presenting at the Esperance show[/caption] To celebrate International Earth Science Week, the Fireballs team and other Earth scientists at Curtin are visiting schools and events all October. Here's Lucy presenting about her work and how she got into Earth science at...

12 Sep DFN expands into South Australia

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[caption id="attachment_1001" align="alignleft" width="400"] The evening view at SA camera Gum Glen[/caption] The Desert Fireball Network continues to grow, and over August and September it's been spreading into South Australia. The aim is for it to eventually record the night sky above one third of the...

04 Sep Travelling time!

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Rob and Ellie just got back from Beijing where they presented at the Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science, and saw a few of the sights too. [caption id="attachment_1007" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Ellie and Rob at the Great Wall of China[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1009" align="aligncenter" width="400"]...

25 Aug Wolfe Creek Crater – Aboriginal and Scientific Views

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[caption id="attachment_992" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Wolfe Creek Crater aerial view by John Goldsmith[/caption] John Goldsmith studied Aboriginal astronomical knowledge in his PhD project at Curtin University. Find out how the indigenous local people to Wolfe Creek Crater share their understandings of Kandimalal - Wolfe Creek meteorite crater...

04 Aug Perth fireball – August 4th 2014

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This stunning fireball was observed over Perth this morning (August 4th) at approximately 6am. A number of reports have been received via the Fireballs in the Sky smartphone app, and this image was recorded by Curtin’s Fireball Network camera at Badgingarra. The observation is consistent...