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A comet: close-up of the comet NEAT taken from Kitt Peak Observatory. It came from outer space... What's the difference between a comet, an asteroid, a meteoroid, a meteor and a meteorite? 25 Dec 2011

Previous Questions

A typewriter from Museum Victoria's collection.  Sewing Machines & Typewriters Did sewing machines and typewriters really make "women's work" easier? 18 Dec 2011
The fossil cephalopod slab in Melbourne Museum’s Discovery Centre Tales of Jet-propelled Predators What are these amazing fossils? 11 Dec 2011
The Royal Exhibition Building depicted in Melbourne International Exhibition 1880-81. The Royal Exhibition Building's Dome Promenade A 1880s social escapade 04 Dec 2011
The Great Melbourne Telescope, 1868.    Great Melbourne Telescope What was the GMT originally used for? 20 Nov 2011
Ngarra minytji (Ngarra ceremony design) 1937. Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark. Burinyila Mildjingi, Ramingining community, Arnhem Land. Arnhem Land bark paintings from the Donald Thomson Collection What is minytji? 13 Nov 2011
The Batman Deed Is it true that there are three copies of the Batman Deed? 06 Nov 2011
Bogong Moth <i>Agrotis infusa</i> Bogong Moths Is there really a moth that hibernates in summer? 30 Oct 2011
A Pobblebonk Frog, <i>Limnodynastes dumerili</i>, from Croajingolong National Park, Victoria. Frog eggs in fish ponds Are fish eating the frog eggs in my fish pond? 23 Oct 2011
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