Armed with an ‘astrocam’ and a custom-built machine learning algorithm, the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy is detecting faint meteor streaks in the sky.
Professor Phil Bland’s achievements in planetary science as Director of the Desert Fireball Network and of SSERVI Australia has seen him awarded the title of John Curtin Distinguished Professor.
In just a few days, a NASA spacecraft is going to perform a gravitational slingshot around the Earth to rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu … and Australia is being awarded one of the closest views.
Curtin researcher and award-winning teacher Dr Jonathan Paxman talks about hunting meteorites, the birth of the Curtin choir, Rhythmos, and the importance of involving kids in science.