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  • Best of… Gravity
    Collection, Professional Learning & Student Activity

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    Best of... Gravity

    Physical SciencesSTEM

    Our best of series, published each week, collates our favourite and most popular resources for a particular topic. This week:...

    Years 7 & 10
  • New clues to the Milky Way’s age
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    New clues to the Milky Way’s age

    Earth & Space SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM

    By studying star-quake vibrations, scientists have a new estimate for the age of the Milky Way’s ‘thick disc’. This short...

    Years 5, 7 & 10
  • Fireball over SA could have been a rarely seen “Minimoon”
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    Fireball over SA could have been a rarely seen “Minimoon”

    Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM

    It’s the Moon Mk2 – a minimoon orbiting Earth was spotted as it exploded in the atmosphere in 2016. This...

    Years 5, 7 & 10
  • Incredible image of galactic centre discovers a supernova likely seen by Indigenous Australians
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    Incredible image of galactic centre discovers a supernova likely seen by Indigenous Australians

    Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM

    The explosive death of a star discovered within a stunning image of the centre of the galaxy could have been...

    Years 7 & 9-10
  • Milky Way’s supermassive black hole flings star across the galaxy
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    Milky Way’s supermassive black hole flings star across the galaxy

    Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM

    A star has been yeeted by the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy like a drunk ejected...

    Years 7 & 10
  • Astronomers find a small black hole. Or a giant neutron star.
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    Astronomers find a small black hole. Or a giant neutron star.

    Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM

    Discovery touches on two of the key questions in astrophysics. This article would be suited to students in years 7,...

    Years 7-10
  • Naming a NASA Mars Rover can change your life
    Article & Career Profile

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    Naming a NASA Mars Rover can change your life

    Biological SciencesCareers in STEMChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEMTechnology

    When 12-year-old Clara Ma entered a competition in 2008 to name the next Mars Rover, she had no idea where...

    Years 6-10
  • Modern figures in STEM: NASA’s Christyl Johnson
    Career Profile & Video & Film

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    Modern figures in STEM: NASA’s Christyl Johnson

    Biological SciencesCareers in STEMEngineeringPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM

    NASA’s Christyl Johnson talks about how the space agency has contributed to science and the need for more diversity in...

    Years 7-10
  • In Class With… Brian Cox 2018
    Student Activity & Video & Film

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    In Class With... Brian Cox 2018

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM

    Get access to the biggest STEM names and brightest minds with our In Class With… series. Topics: Biological Sciences –...

    Years 1-10

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