Rick Tonello, Chief Astronomer of the Gravity Discovery Centre & Observatory in Gingin Western Australia, will present a virtual astronomy session on 19 August at 6.30pm AEST. Rick’s talk will cover universal questions such as: Why stars are different colours From dwarves to hyper-giants: the range of sizes How stars are born, live and die…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
The Lives of Stars: Wangaratta Library
Rick Tonello, Chief Astronomer of the Gravity Discovery Centre & Observatory in Gingin Western Australia, will present a virtual astronomy session at Wangaratta Library on 19 August at 6.30pm AEST. Rick’s talk will cover universal questions such as: Why stars are different colours From dwarves to hyper-giants: the range of sizes How stars are born,…
Reach for the ***Stars***
Bring your five senses to a highly popular astronomy evening filled with wonder with the Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society at our registered observatory at Mount Martha, south east of Melbourne. See the stars, planets and other night sky objects visible at this time of the year through our telescopes. Hear the REALLY BIG questions out…
Reach for the ***Stars***
Bring your five senses to a highly popular astronomy evening filled with wonder with the Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society at our registered observatory at Mount Martha, south east of Melbourne. See the stars, planets and other night sky objects visible at this time of the year through our telescopes. Hear the REALLY BIG questions out…
Virtual Tour: Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre – Meet Magnus for the last time
Join the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre as we take you on a live tour of the facility – your last opportunity to meet the Magnus Supercomputer, before it is replaced by Setonix, a supercomputer 30x more powerful than its predecessors. The tour will be live streamed on Pawsey’s Facebook page. Invite your friends and family…
From Antarctica to Outer Space: Exploring gender equity at the extremes
Men often dominate the annals of exploration in Antarctica and Space. The pervasiveness of heroic white masculine leadership and exploration at the ends of the Earth and beyond, as well as more generally in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) research cultures, has meant that women and other historically excluded groups have had less…
Scitech Presents The Great National Science Week Scavenger Hunt
We’re celebrating National Science Week with a free weekend event that everyone can enjoy. See Perth in a whole new way as you follow the clues, solve riddles and discover that science is all around you. With prizes and experiments along the way, it will be a fun and creative weekend for all ages. How…
Clare Spectacular Science Fair
The Clare Library regional Science Fair is now in its 5th year and is modelled on the Science Alive! events held in larger cities. It aims to bring the excitement, relevance, and importance of science to the people and inspire the community to encourage and support young people to engage with science. Clare Library has…
SciVR – Gundagai
SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Prof Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen – astronomers and science communicators at Swinburne University of Technology. New content this year includes the Mars rover Perseverance and helicopter…
Would I Lie To You? by Superstars of STEM and Science in the Pub Adelaide
Would I lie to you? You can trust the science, but can you trust the scientist? This fun and informative Big Science Adelaide event is brought to you by the minds behind the successful “Tall Tales of Science”. In this game show-style evening, two teams of experts from the STA’s Superstars of STEM program will…