Blog - Fireballs in the Sky

04 Sep Wolfe creek expedition day one

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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...

04 Sep Ellie’s and the team’s adventures in California

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[caption id="attachment_1709" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Particle Accelerator at the ALS[/caption] 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...

25 Jun Fireballs makes an impact in the USA

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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 [caption id="attachment_1363" align="alignright" width="266"] Gretchen Benedix[/caption] What were you sharing at the conference Gretchen? We've been looking at ways...

03 Jun Mount Magnet Astro Rocks Fest

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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...

28 May Transient astronomy with the DFN

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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...

21 May Oodnadatta Fireball

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Oodnadatta Fireball - Fireballs in the Sky [caption id="attachment_1615" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Oodnadatta Fireball 1 April 2015, Credit: Peter Jerie[/caption] 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...