Short-term mini-moons & cave diving for fossils

Thursday, 3 October 2024 - 8:30am

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Cave diving in South Australia (Photo by Mark Whatmough, via Wikimedia Commons)

This week, Cat tells us what makes a moon, and how they can only orbit us temporarily like Earth’s latest mini-moon 2024 PT5; and Claire takes us underground and underwater as she speaks to palaeontologist Meg Walker about diving for megafauna fossils in South Australia’s limestone caves.

Lost in Science

Thursday 8:30am to 9:00am

Entertaining news and discussion about research that has impact on society and providing a wide range of science and technology news. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.