Astronomy
Green fireball explodes in city sky as annual meteor shower hits Australia’s east coast
Dramatic dashcam footage captured this week showed something that wouldn’t be out of place in a sci-fi film – space coming to Earth. Here’s how to watch the magic in real life.
- Bronte Gossling
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Forty kilometres a second: Fireball lights up the sky over Brisbane
It lit up the night sky all across south-east Queensland and northern NSW overnight, yet the meteor that caused Monday night’s fireball was probably just the size of your fist.
- Cameron Atfield
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet
In a potential landmark discovery, scientists have detected the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes.
- Will Dunham
Why Saturn’s rings have disappeared, and when they’ll be back
Amateur astronomers have lost one of the jewels of the night sky – the rings of Saturn.
- Cameron Atfield
Mystery behind ‘alien’ space signals appears solved
Scientists have pinpointed the origins of a radio wave from space and found it to be suspiciously close to a neutron star.
- Sarah Knapton
- Tony Wright’s column
- Christmas
A cold moon on a hot night: the cosmos abides beyond worldly horrors
As Christmas approaches, a rare full moon illuminates the sky, reminding us of our restless, insignificant place within an orderly cycle of the universe.
- Tony Wright
One West Aussie’s journey from oil and gas to cosmic superstar
In a pinch-himself moment, Peter Teale has made WA centre stage – again – in man’s second mission to the moon.
- Claire Ottaviano
The sun has just hit peak solar energy. Things are going to get chaotic
Destroyed satellites, power blackouts, crippled GPS and increased radiation are all possible as the sun’s magnetic pole flips.
- Angus Dalton
Left- and right-wing brains are wired differently. Can that gap be bridged?
Research has found conservatives have more grey matter in their amygdala, which processes fear, while left-wing liberals have a higher capacity to tolerate uncertainty.
- Angus Dalton
Under a ‘second moon’, a three-act spectacular comet show is under way
As Earth recruits a rare cosmic visitor, a three-act light show is on display for the next month with a blazing comet. Here’s how to spot it.
- Angus Dalton
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