Category: 7. Science

Throughout October and into November, stargazers are in for a dazzling celestial display as the Taurid meteor showers ramp up activity.

The Taurids consist of the Southern Taurid and the Northern Taurid meteor showers. According to

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Autumn has draped itself across the northern hemisphere, heralding the onset of longer, darker nights that serve as the perfect backdrop for amateur astronomers looking to explore the wonders of the night sky.

Our sky is constantly changing as…

A new study finds possible references to two classic supernovae in ancient texts.

It’s great to see old astronomical observations come to light. Not only can these confirm or refute what’s known about historic astronomical events,…

Uranus and Neptune are the two furthest planets in the Solar System and have been visited only once by human spacecraft – by Voyager 2 over 30 years ago – so there is a lot about them that we do not know. One thing we thought we knew,…

Ensuring safe drinking water from natural catchments requires effective risk management and an understanding of protozoan parasite populations in the wildlife found in these areas. Melbourne Water’s chlorination treatment targets bacterial and…

The International Space Station (ISS), a landmark example of cooperation in space, will be deorbited by the year 2030. The station was launched in 1998 with a 15-year limit on its initial mission but has helped substantially in the areas of…

A weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field over the South Atlantic Ocean has ballooned in size since 2014, satellite data reveals.

The region, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly, has grown by an area nearly half the size of continental Europe,…