The Lyrid Meteor Shower
by Every April 22nd, the night skies in both hemispheres are lit up with a streaky series of fiery trails. This is the Lyrid Meteor Shower.
Category: The Natural World
The Murchison Meteorite
In September 1969, a meteorite crashed into Murchison, in regional Victoria. The ‘Murchison Meteorite’ contained an extraordinary surprise; the first organic molecules of extra-terrestrial origin.
The Wollemi Pine: A Living Dinosaur
The Wollemi Pine was a tree from the Cretaceous Period, living alongside the dinosaurs. It was thought to be extinct, until a surprise discovery in remote New South Wales.