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

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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
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
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‘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
‘Changed forever’:One of the greatest immersive natural wonders is coming to Exmouth

‘Changed forever’:One of the greatest immersive natural wonders is coming to Exmouth

Two ‘eclipse chasers’ will join thousands of others flocking to Exmouth in Western Australia’s north this week to witness a total solar eclipse. Exmouth will have the best view in the world.

  • byHolly Thompson
Moonshot:European spacecraft begins eight-year journey to Jupiter

Moonshot:European spacecraft begins eight-year journey to Jupiter

A European spacecraft has taken off on a decade-long quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons.

  • byMarcia Dunn
How to see the green comet making its way past Earth

How to see the green comet making its way past Earth

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was discovered by astronomers in March last year and the “dirty snowball” hasn’t come this close to our planet since the last ice age.

  • bySarah Keoghan