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Text reads "Getting more out of Australia's satellite imagery and remote sensing data". Image is of a false colour satellite image of the Sydney Basin. Image © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2000.

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  • Bunburra Rockhole (BR), the meteorite, at the discovery site.
Photo by: Imperial College London

    Using cameras which capture fireballs streaking across the night sky and sophisticated mathematics, a world-wide team of scientists have managed to find not only a tiny meteorite on the vast Nullarbor Plain, but also its orbit and the asteroid it came from.

  • Parkes radio telescope

    Students from three Melbourne high schools will take control of CSIRO’s famous Parkes telescope in NSW using the internet today (Wednesday August 12) and post their results on Twitter.

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  • Launch of Argo float from ship

    Whether it's learning about  the daily behaviour of tuna or the changing circulation patterns of an entire ocean basin, marine observing technologies are essential for understanding our marine environment.

  • Fire crews combat a bushfire on Canberra’s Black Mountain.

    Sentinel Hotspots provides reliable 'eyes' in the sky for Emergency Services, using satellite images to locate and map bushfires occurring in Australia and providing the information to anyone on the internet.

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