Science & Environment
Avoiding asteroids: What do we do without a planetary defence mission?
NASA just shut down a planetary defence mission that tracks asteroids. So, what happens now?
Category: Space
Space
A puzzle in the infant universe
If astronomers ever needed something to gloat about with scientific colleagues in other fields, their ability to look directly backwards in time is an obvious candidate.
Science & Environment
‘The most hellish place in the universe’: This black hole eats a star a day
Thanks to a huge astronomical survey of the entire sky, we have now found what may be the most hellish place in the universe.
Space
Exploring the Solar System’s beauty spots
Spots are probably best known as the bane of a teenage face, but you might be surprised to know that a propensity for spots is also a characteristic of other worlds.
News
‘This was a star that lived fast and died young’: James Webb Space Telescope images show a star’s murder scene
The first images of a nebula from the James Webb Telescope gave astronomers remarkable insights into the death of the star that created these beautiful haloes of gas and dust.
News
First images from James Webb Space Telescope reveal distant galaxies in mind-blowing detail
Travel back into the early Universe with these spectacular images of the deep cosmos.
Science & Environment
Get ready to see the planets align in Australian skies this June
In an extremely rare event, Australians will be able to see five planets in the sky at the same time – with the naked eye.
Science & Environment
Planetary parade one-in-1000-year event
The bright string of lights in the morning sky this month is thought to be a one-in-1000-year event. Australia’s astronomer at large, Professor Fred Watson, explains why and where you can watch it.
Nature & Wildlife
Star struck: NASA’s James Webb telescope takes its best image yet of galaxy far, far away
In a huge milestone, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has finally been aligned to produce the first unified image of a single star.
Science & Environment
Was there ever life on Mars? Scientists discover buried lakes of salty water on the red planet
Scientists have found three more lakes on Mars.