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The Countdown Until WA’s First Satellite Blasts Off

The countdown has begun to the launch of Western Australia’s first space satellite, which will take off on the SpaceX CRS-23 commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. Binar-1 is the first integrated satellite fully designed and built in Western Australia, and is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in the United States of…

Ancient fossil DNA discovered at Naracoorte Caves

Ancient fossil DNA dating back to the last ice age has been discovered at the Naracoorte Caves World Heritage Area –and scientists hope there might be even older material to unearth. Rare Ancient DNA (aDNA) has been recovered from very few cave – fossil sites in Australia, including Kelly Hill Caves on Kangaroo Island. South…