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NASA to sample asteroid that might one day hit Earth
There’s a one in 2500 chance that it will hit – but we won’t be around to see it.
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What would you name this creature?
Science wants your help naming this new species of nudibranch.
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Perseid meteor shower to put on special show up north
An unusually high number of shooting stars expected for this year’s Perseid meteor shower: “the further north you are the better”.
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‘World’s biggest rhino’ heading to Sydney
Two artists plan to build the world’s biggest rhino sculpture for Sydney’s Sculpture by the Sea to raise awareness and funds for the threatened mammals.
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Mystery genes – do we have an unknown ancestor?
Humans could potentially have another ancestor we didn’t know about.
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Injured baby glider finds new mum
A tiny yellow-bellied glider has found a surrogate mum at Taronga Zoo after surviving a collision with a barbed-wire fence.
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33 earthquakes in 30 days – the town that won’t stop trembling
With three 5.0 magnitude earthquakes in two months, this is the most tottery town in Australia.
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White whale makes appearance off Byron Bay
Is that you Migaloo? Incredible footage and images captured of rare white humpback whale in Byron Bay, NSW.
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A hefty bone-crunching extinct relative to the Tassie devil discovered
Scientists have found the tooth of a carnivorous Aussie marsupial that weighed as much as a 10-year-old and hails from the same family as the Tassie devil.