‘A full moon every 50 metres down the road’: Urban night sky parks to curb light pollution
NewsThe Northern Beaches may be home to Australia’s first urban night sky park. But why aren’t we applying good lighting principles everywhere?
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In pictures: satellite art of Australia
Science & EnvironmentThere are more than 4,800 satellites orbiting Earth. They bristle with sensors – trained towards Earth and into space – recording and transmitting many different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
Underground lake discovered on Mars
NewsWe now know that there is permanent liquid water on Mars, according to a paper published today in the journal Science.
GALLERY: Remarkable satellite images of Australia
Science & EnvironmentThe Sentinel Australia Regional Access (SARA), a new portal, has been launched, making it easier to access satellite imagery of Australia captured by the European Space Agency. Here, we showcase some of our favourites.
Everything you need to know about the Tiangong-1 crash
Science & EnvironmentIt’s hard to predict where space debris will land and what can be done about it, but you shouldn’t fear the pending Tiangong-1 crash.
VIDEO: death of rare cocooned star captured by NASA
NewsA star in its last moments has been captured by the Kepler telescope from over 1.3 billion light years away.
Can you actually name a star?
Science & EnvironmentStars for sale, but no, you can’t really buy an official star name to remember someone.
First Super Blue Blood Moon in over 150 years is coming
Science & EnvironmentOn January 31, Australia and the Pacific will have front row seats to the rare astronomical event.
Queensland Museum acquires rare meteorite
NewsInitially mistaken for a gold nugget, this rare dendritic trolite-irons meteorite is one of only five specimens known worldwide and it’s the biggest, weighing in at 15.3 kg.
VIDEO: Apollo 11 Moon landing
Science & EnvironmentSee the remastered footage of the 1969 Apollo 11 walk.