Planet pay dirt

Article Abstract:

A group called the Reynolds Astronomical Photometry Team in Canberra may have found a planet orbiting a distant star, a find that seems to increase the chance that there is life beyond Earth. The team is made up of members of the amateur Canberra Astronomical Society and has observed the planet brightening a star some 26,000 light years away near the center of the Milky Way. The effect is called microlensing and shows that a massive object, another star, is passing in front of it. The star had a dark object 5.5 times the mass of Jupiter with it.

Research, Discovery and exploration, Planets, Astronomical photometry

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Australiana Jones and the last crusade

Article Abstract:

Australian archaeologist Rhys Jones, who is due to retire in 2001 after a career of forty years, is described. Jones has solved two of the country's prehistoric mysteries including when the country was first populated and feels only one remains.

Behavior, Archaeologists, Jones, Rhys

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Flu d'etat

Article Abstract:

Issues are presented concerning the loss of life which has been caused in Australia's history by influenza epidemics. The extreme virulence of the Spanish flu virus and the probability of future epidemics is discussed.

Australia, Demographic aspects, Influenza, Epidemics

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