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🎤✨ Big news! Our very own Matt Woods — pass

Thanks to everyone who sent in footage of Friday night’s spectacular fireball over Western Australia!

We’ve gathered all your incredible videos to create a compilation showcasing this amazing event — and to share what NASA’s TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer) satellite was doing, and where it ended up.

Check it out!!!

Audio: Steve Jablonsky - Arrival To Earth

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Thanks to our followers, Minh Huynh and Ken Morrison on the Perth Observatory's Facebook page for commenting on our last post, Jonathan McDowell's tweet about the space debris we saw last night, which was NASA's Trace Solar Observatory, which operated from 1998 to 2008 and ended up either landing in the ocean or burning up 600 kilometres off the Southwest Cape of Western Australia.

@thecityofalbanywa might want to involve its Fines Department in this matter. The last time @NASA littered over Western Australia was with Skylab in 1979, and the @shireofesperance fined them $400. That would be $2,100 in today's money, so I think it's only fair that the City of Albany fines them $4,200 for this repeat offence 🤣

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Our messages are blowing up, which means one thing. The Autobots are arriving!!!!!

Unfortunately, the fireball seen over Perth a few moments ago isn't Optimus Prime or Bumblebee, it does look like space junk. Thanks to SWWAlex and Erin Downing for the footage,it really helped in identifying it.

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On Friday, 4th of July, our very own Matt Woods had the honour of introducing the documentary SPACEMAN — a fascinating look at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s engineering legend, Gentry Lee — as part of the Revelation Perth International Film Festival (@revfilmfest) at Luna Leederville (@lunapalacecinemas).

After the screening, Matt set up a telescope at the Monkey Bar, giving cinema-goers and filmmakers a chance to explore the night sky — a perfect pairing of science and storytelling under the stars.

A huge thank you to Revelation Perth International Film Festival and Luna Leederville for this incredible opportunity. We’re already looking forward to teaming up again next year!

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If only Chris had been singing Sky Full of Stars at that extact time!!!!

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🌟 Our lovable Buzz can't get enough of making new friends at Supanova every year! 🚀

The winner of the free pass to our night sky tours is Ahsoka and Anakin. You're costumers were so good, congrats!!!!

💙 We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to each and every person who took the time to swing by and capture a memorable photo with our beloved cut-out character.

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🌟 Our lovable Buzz can't get enough of making new friends at Supanova every year! 🚀

The winner of the free pass to our night sky tours is Ahsoka and Anakin. You're costumers were so good, congrats!!!!

💙 We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to each and every person who took the time to swing by and capture a memorable photo with our beloved cut-out character.

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🚐✨ She’s Back and Looking Out of This World! ✨🚐

A big shout-out to @perth_stripes_signs in Malaga; they did a fantastic job.Our newly decalled Perth Observatory van has landed and she’s ready to explore the universe with us — but she’s missing just one thing… a name!

We’re calling on all stargazers, space lovers, and Observatory fans to help us name our cosmic chariot. Drop your best name suggestions in the comments below 👇 — bonus points for creativity and space puns! 🌌🪐

Let’s give our galaxy-gliding van an identity as stellar as its mission!

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We're holding Lunar Photography Workshop on Friday

Spring into Milky Way photography!!!

Our workshop, held across two nights (Sept 17th & 18th), 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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