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The brightest supermoon of the year will rise in Thursday’s night sky. Here’s how Australians can see it

Moon watchers should also look out for a comet that one expert calls the best of the decade so far

The Guardian - AU

Mt Stromlo's little-known WWII past

This part of Mt Stromlo's history is a quiet one.

The Canberra Times

Mount Stromlo is a century old - has Canberra been built around it?

Some of the universe's greatest mysteries have been solved here.

The Canberra Times

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After an absence of 71 years, the green-tinged ‘Devil comet’ returns to Australian skies

While 12P/Pons-Brooks may not be as famous as Halley’s, its appearance close to Jupiter is causing great excitement for stargazers

The Guardian - AU

Spectacular aurora australis turns night sky hot pink from Tasmania to Western Australia

People around Australia were lucky to catch the southern lights in their maximum stage on Monday night

The Guardian - AU

Mysterious loud bang heard in Melbourne’s north likely a meteor, expert says

Doreen and Mernda residents describe seeing flash of light followed by ‘massive explosion’ on Wednesday night

The Guardian - AU

How to watch tonight's rare blue supermoon - if Hunter storms hold off

Time to wish upon a star that the clouds stay away, because it'll be another six years until the phenomenon happens again.

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The best way to see the August supermoons in Australia

A ‘sturgeon moon’ and a ‘blue moon’ will both grace the night sky this month in a treat for moon gazers

The Guardian - AU

Amateur astronomers map meteor fall site in Gulf Country, hunt for asteroid pieces continues

Citizen scientists are contacting landowners west of the tiny gulf town of Croydon who could have "iron and nickel" meteorites in their paddocks after Saturday night's light show.

ABC News

Rare green fireball explodes over Australia, creating bright flash visible for hundreds of miles

An unusual green meteor recently exploded as it plummeted through the sky over Australia, giving off a brilliant flash of light that could be seen for miles.

Space

Rare green fireball explodes over Australia, creating bright flash visible for hundreds of miles

The exploding meteor, known as a bolide, also created a sonic boom that shook a nearby town.

LiveScience

Meteor blazes across north Queensland sky with blast of light and sound

Footage captured from Cairns on the east coast to Normanton on the Gulf of Carpentaria shows growing fireball exploding with a loud boom

The Guardian - AU

Meteor lights up Queensland sky, reports of sightings from Mackay to Cairns

It's estimated the meteor was between half a metre to a metre in size and would have been travelling within 100,000 to 150,000 kilometres per hour.

ABC News

What time is the total solar eclipse? Here’s how and when to view it around Australia

All eyes will be on the Ningaloo region for the astronomical event but gazers in other states will experience a partial eclipse

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Inside the world of Australia’s high-altitude balloonists and why they’re not afraid of a missile

When a US object was shot down the same day an amateur balloon went missing, hobbyists here took note. But they’re satisfied strict regulations will protect them

The Guardian - AU

What is ‘sky trash’ and is it linked to the mystery objects shot down by US?

Nearly 2,000 balloons are launched into the sky daily, to monitor everything from the weather to specific phenomena in space

The Canberra Times

Your pet's name mightn't be as out of this world as you think.

ABC News

Supernova explosion that ripped star apart 11.5 billion years ago detected by Hubble telescope

Astronomers detect the earliest moments a star blew apart in a cataclysmic explosion around 2 billion years after the Big Bang.

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Fire in the sky: A blood moon is about to grace Australian skies

On Tuesday night a blood moon will grace our skies, causing our celestial neighbour to glow a spectacular reddish colour.

The Canberra Times

Blood moon to light the Canberra sky

The total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon align so that the moon passes into the Earth's shadow.

The Guardian - AU

‘Wobbly’ moon probable cause of mass tree deaths in Australia, scientists say

Analysis of satellite imaging shows correlation between fluctuation in mangrove canopy cover and lunar nodal cycle

ABC News

United Nations weighs in after another piece of space junk in Snowy Mountains is confirmed to be SpaceX's

Details have emerged about the first three pieces of SpaceX debris found in the Snowy Mountains, as a fourth fragment is confirmed.

ABC News

Fourth piece of SpaceX debris found in NSW Snowy Mountains, near Tumbarumba

Space experts say more pieces of space junk, belonging to the SpaceX Dragon aircraft, could still be found.

The Canberra Times

Space junk won't make you grow extra arms and other misconceptions

Firstly, no, space junk is not radioactive.

AFP

SpaceX debris discovered in Australian sheep paddock

Sydney (AFP) - A charred chunk of space junk found jutting from a paddock by an Australian sheep farmer was part of one of Elon Musk's SpaceX missions, authorities confirmed Thursday.

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