Topic: South Australia

Russian space probe turned space junk crash will have worldwide audience

According to ESA, studies by the Russian space agency and NASA indicate that Phobos-Grunt's fuel tanks should burst high above the Earth, releasing a load of propellant that will subsequently dissipate.

Ancient predator had eyes with 16,000 lenses

Anomalocaris, an apex predator that roamed the seas some 500 million years ago, had compound eyes with acute vision, a new fossil discovery shows. 

Large swath of Queensland, Australia inundated by floodwaters

Floodwaters covering an area in Queensland, Australia almost as large as Mexico have been described as a disaster of "biblical proportions."

Arnold Schwarzenegger: California shows the green revolution is alive and well

Polluting special interests have stifled progress in Copenhagen and Washington, but Californians and others around the globe have fought back. The shift to a new economy, based on a clean energy future, will come from the ground up. California shows this grassroots change is possible.

Fossils of earliest known animals possibly discovered

Geoscientists in Australia have discovered fossils of what could be the earliest known animals, tiny sponge-like creatures that lived in ocean reefs some 650 million years ago.

Japanese asteroid probe returns to Earth after a journey of roughly 1.25 billion miles

A Japanese asteroid probe returned to Earth and sent a capsule plunging through the atmosphere over the Australian outback Sunday,

Japanese space probe makes fiery return to Earth

A Japanese space probe ended a seven-year journey to a nearby asteroid on Sunday, plunging through the atmosphere over the Australian outback.

Sky over Australia to be lit up by returning asteroid probe

The Hayabusa probe was launched by Japan in 2003.

Asteroid Probe is a step closer to returning home

A Japanese asteroid probe is a step closer to returning home after changing its path to stay on course for a planned June 13 landing.

Scientists await return of Japanese asteroid probe

Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft is scheduled to touch down in Australia on June 13. The probe might be carrying a little piece of asteroid.

Australian town confronts hidden costs of mining boom

The Australian mining boom has put food on the table for many communities like Mount Isa. But residents there are now suing the local mine’s owner and the government after tests showed their children had high levels of lead in their blood.

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