Travel into Earth’s closest cloud complex with 50 newly born stars
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Travel into Earth’s closest cloud complex with 50 newly born stars

NASA has released a close-up image of the closest star-forming region to Earth,called Rho Ophiuchi,which is about 390 light years away.

  • byAngus Dalton

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Australian scientists discover key to unlocking Big Bang theory

Australian scientists discover key to unlocking Big Bang theory

An 18-year program has collected evidence for waves that could paint our most vivid picture yet of the universe’s birth.

  • byAngus Dalton
Turn it off! The fight to darken our night skies

Turn it off! The fight to darken our night skies

If you live in or near a city,you’re probably affected by light pollution.

  • byTim Elliott
Why the winter solstice is more than just the shortest day of the year

Why the winter solstice is more than just the shortest day of the year

There will be a lot of activity surrounding the winter solstice on Thursday.

  • byAngus Dalton
Australian astronomer wins prestigious Shaw Prize

Australian astronomer wins prestigious Shaw Prize

Professor Matthew Bailes has been honoured for his role in the discovery of fast radio bursts,mysterious pulses of energy from beyond the Milky Way.

  • byLiam Mannix
Queensland sky lights up with spectacle that’s out of this world

Queensland sky lights up with spectacle that’s out of this world

Videos posted online show a meteor plummeting to Earth near Townsville on Saturday night,with locals reporting a loud bang and a bright flash of light.

  • byCloe Read
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Government review blasts political meddling in science

Government review blasts political meddling in science

Politicians interfering with peer-reviewed science grants is a “widespread source of despair” and should be stamped out,a review has found.

  • byLiam Mannix
‘Feels like a dream’:Total solar eclipse thrills thousands of tourists

‘Feels like a dream’:Total solar eclipse thrills thousands of tourists

Darkness fell across the North West Cape about 11.29am AWST when the moon completely blocked the sun for a minute after temperatures dropped by five degrees suddenly.

  • byAaron Bunch
NASA experts in WA for total eclipse - so what will you be able to see from Perth?

NASA experts in WA for total eclipse - so what will you be able to see from Perth?

Western Australia is the winner this time,with Thursday’s total solar eclipse best seen from Exmouth. But if you’re in Perth you won’t miss out entirely.

  • byHolly Thompson
‘Shadow snakes’:What it’s like in the dark heart of a solar eclipse
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‘Shadow snakes’:What it’s like in the dark heart of a solar eclipse

“The main show is the totality”:Thousands of eclipse chasers will assemble on Thursday in Exmouth,WA,where the moon will completely block out the sun during a rare hybrid solar eclipse.

  • byAngus Dalton
Day will turn to night during rare solar eclipse and the best place to see it is Exmouth

Day will turn to night during rare solar eclipse and the best place to see it is Exmouth

Tens of thousands of international and interstate eclipse chasers are expected to flock to Exmouth on Thursday when the moon casts a 40 kilometre-wide shadow over the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo reef region.

  • byAaron Bunch