A few weeks ago a sonic boom was captured by an NCRIS enabled seismometer at St Joseph's College in Albany, Western Australia. A few lucky locals even witnessed the light show and explosion. The cause? A meteor exploding as it collided with the Earth’s atmosphere. Dr. Michelle Salmon from the Australian National University explains.

Investigating life on Earth, dating fossils and measuring earthquakes is all in a day’s work for our ANU outreach team. Recently they illuminated young minds in a full day GEMS workshop, sharing some of the fascinating and diverse career opportunities that are available across these natural sciences.