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Congrats to Marcus, and our friends at Curtin Univ

🛸🍔 Happy National Hamburger Day! 🍔🛸

Sure, you could celebrate with a trip to your favourite burger joint...

OR you could gaze 10–16 million light-years away at the biggest cosmic burger in the sky: Centaurus A, aka the Hamburger Galaxy! 🌌

This juicy beauty features:
🍞 Two fluffy-looking halves of stars and gas
🍔 A thick, dark band of cosmic dust acting like the beef patty
🧠 A supermassive black hole in the centre (cheese optional)

Centaurus A is one of the closest active galaxies to Earth — blasting out powerful radio waves and X-rays like it’s trying to cook its own space burger. 🔥🌭

Swipe right on the sky tonight and enjoy a side of stargazing with your burger! 🍟✨

#Perth #WA #perthnews #wanews #communitynews #westernaustralia #perthevent #perthevents #perthtodo #perthlife #perthisok #perthgram #perthhappenings #stargazing #NationalHamburgerDay #HamburgerGalaxy #CentaurusA #SpaceBurger #GalacticGoodness #AstronomyWithAWhiffOfBBQ #PerthObservatory #StargazeAndSnag #perthobservatory #perthobs

@SpaceX will attempt to launch another Starship on Wednesday, starting from 7:30 am AWST. Watch the launch here: https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-9

It will use Ship 35 (S35) and Booster 14-2 (B14-2), making it the first reflight of a Super Heavy Booster. Starship 35 features two new holes in its nosecone, and it is the first ship to be stacked with a scaled-back thermal protection system (TPS) on its side, like that first tested on Starship 31 on Starship Flight Test 6. It has likely received even more reinforcements, fixes and modifications based on flight data obtained from the failure of its 2 predecessors to fix the inherent flaws of the Block 2 ships.

Since Flight 7 and Flight 8 both ended in a Ship disintegration, the goal will likely be to safely bring back a Block 2 Ship (Ship 35) from orbit, with a water landing. Ship 35 is planned to deploy 8 Starlink simulators, similar in size to next-generation Starlink satellites, into the same suborbital trajectory as the Ship itself.

Unlike the previous four launches, Booster 14 will not attempt a catch at the launch tower and will be used to test several experiments, including controlling the booster flip direction via welded vents added to the hot staging ring that should let S35's exhaust flip the booster into the right direction for the boost-back burn, a more efficient high-angle-of-attack booster return, and engine-out capability during the final 3-engine landing burn by having an engine in the center 3 be intentionally shut off, and the booster will try to compensate by automatically re-lighting an engine from the outer ring of 13. Booster 14 will also have a hard splashdown in the ocean.

#perth #wa #perthnews #wanews #communitynews #space #spacenews #westernaustralia #perthlife #perthgram #perthevents #perthhappenings #Starship #IFT9 #starbase #LaunchAmerica #elonmusk #superheavy #SpaceFuture #InnovationInSpace #SpaceXlaunch #Rocket #RocketLaunch #spacecraft #SpaceX #BocaChica #Texas #LonghornState #perthobservatory #perthobs

Towel Day is celebrated as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. Today, fans openly carry a towel, as described in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author.

#perth #wa #westernaustralia #perthlife #perthhappenings #towelday #towelday2025 #towel #towels #douglasadams #towelselfie #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #dontpanic #perthobservatory #perthobs

Bring your bestie to this fun Glow in the dark "Un

Yay! The Mother's Day Meteorite has been found

Congrats to country police officer Marcus and Curtin University's Desert Fireball Network (DFN) on finding it. Ellie and Hadrien from the DFN are continuing the search for more pieces in the two other possible landing sites in the next couple of days.

#Perth #WA #perthnews #wanews #communitynews #westernaustralia #perthlife #perthhappenings #perthgram #stargazing #photography #nightphotography #astrophotography #space #spacenews #astronomy #astronomynews #meteor #meteors #bolides #fireballs #meteorshower #gmn #globalmeteornetwork #wheatbelt #perthobservatory #perthobs

We're holding Lunar Photography Workshop on Wednes

🚀 Australian Space History in the Making! 🌏

This Thursday morning, Gilmour Space Technologies is set to launch Eris Test Flight 1 from North Queensland – marking the first time an Australian-made rocket aims for orbit from Australian soil!

Eris is a three-stage rocket, powered by a hybrid rocket engine, standing as tall as a 7-storey building and weighing 34 tonnes at lift-off (that’s about 17 average-sized cars!).

Don’t miss this milestone! Follow @gilmourspace Technologies for updates, and learn more about the mission here: http://spklr.io/6183C50N

#Perth #WA #perthnews #wanews #communitynews #westernaustralia #perthlife #space #spacenews #AustralianSpace #GilmourSpace #Eris #ErisRocket #MadeInAustralia #SpaceLaunch #SpaceTech #AussieInnovation #NorthQueensland #RocketScience #AussieSpace #SpaceExploration #OrbitalLaunch #LaunchDay #RocketLaunch #SpaceMilestone #STEMinOz #SpacePioneers #AustraliaInSpace #perthobservatory #perthobs

The crack squad of meteor hunters at @curtinuniversity’s Desert Fireball Network has been crunching the numbers regarding the Mother's Day Fireball. From the footage they captured with their cameras, they believe that there should be a strewn field of meteorite fragments on the ground owing to the shallow entry slope of the fireball near the Breakaways, close to Hyden. They haven't attempted to search for them yet.

This fireball has also been observed by many members of the public, from the WA coast, including Perth, all the way out to Kalgoorlie.

Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3YLKdsZ

#Perth #WA #perthnews #wanews #communitynews #westernaustralia #perthlife #perthhappenings #perthgram #stargazing #photography #nightphotography #astrophotography #space #spacenews #astronomy #astronomynews #meteor #meteors #bolides #fireballs #meteorshower #gmn #globalmeteornetwork #wheatbelt #perthobservatory #perthobs

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there

We hope you all had a fantastic Mother's day and we you all the ✨ stars ✨ in the universe.

#Perth #WA #perthnews #wanews #perthlife #perthhappenings #perthtodo #whatsoninperth #mothersday #mothersday2025 #mothersdaygift #love #happymothersday #mom #mother #mum #motherhood #momlife #mothers #LovedOnes

How about that meteor this morning!

From the dashcam footage I’ve seen (Thanks @perthweatherlive), it looks like it may have entered the atmosphere over the Central Wheatbelt. To shine that brightly, the fireball—technically known as a bolide—would have been about the size of a cricket ball to a basketball. It’s most likely an iron meteor that’s been orbiting within the inner Solar System.

Video Credit: Laura Bakitch

#Perth #WA #perthnews #wanews #communitynews #westernaustralia #perthlife #perthhappenings #perthgram #stargazing #photography #nightphotography #astrophotography #space #spacenews #astronomy #astronomynews #meteor #meteors #bolides #fireballs #meteorshower #gmn #globalmeteornetwork #wheatbelt #perthobservatory #perthobs

Spring into Milky Way photography!!!

Our workshop, held across two nights (May 28th & 29th), is timed so you can get ready for Milky Way season. To book your spots on the workshop, click the link in our bio.

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