Astronomy with Kirsten Banks
What’s up in 2021?
There’s a whole solar system of exciting astronomical events to look forward to this year.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The eastern great egret looks like a proper Christmas angel
Now that is an intimidatingly beautiful creature.
Astronomy with Kirsten Banks
How you can view the ‘Great’ Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
Jupiter and Saturn meet in the sky for a great conjunction approximately once every 20 years at varying distances and we get to see that on December 21st.
History & Culture
What causes Lake’s George’s water levels to fluctuate so wildly?
I’d love to have a dollar for each time someone has asked me, “Isn’t Lake George connected to a lake in China, or is it Siberia?”
Tim the Yowie Man
Saucer hysteria: The case of the Tully crop circle
The Tully saucer nest heralded the start of the worldwide phenomenon of the modern crop circle.
Astronomy with Kirsten Banks
‘Imagine Indiana Jones but in space’: galactic archaeology explained
What exactly is galactic archaeology? Kirsten Banks explains.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The Christmas Island flying fox is a rare sun-seeker
We’ve a lot of love for this daylight-loving larrikin.
Blogs
The red strawberry finch is the sweetest songbird
Looking absolutely gorgeous in its vermillion and white-speckled plumage, it’s not hard to see how the red strawberry finch got its name.
Astronomy with Kirsten Banks
Dreaming big: National Science Week with Kirsten Banks
Meet Kirsten Banks, Indigenous astronomer and the newest member of our AG family. Over the coming months she’ll be sharing her knowledge of space from an Aboriginal perspective.
Creatura with Bec Crew
Spotted garden eels are mean little divas
Look at that face. That eel is so mad. It looks like it’s ready to scream at the kids to get off its lawn before retreating underground to write another complaint letter.