Science

An illustration shows a giant asteroid striking Mars 4.5 billion years ago.

Quakes on Mars reveal new secret about planet

THE NEW YORK TIMES: New studies offer clues about Mars’ history. The knowledge could help scientists better understand rocky worlds.

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has found a rock that could hold the key to the question of life on the Red Planet.

‘Incredibly exciting’: NASA reveals major Mars breakthrough

Images of speckled rocks found by NASA’s Perseverance rover could hold the key to one of the red planet’s most enduring mysteries.

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The moon’s vibrant red hue is commonly referred to as a ‘blood moon’.

Spectacular sight in Aussie skies

Early risers across the nation were treated to a rare celestial spectacle as the moon transformed into a fiery orb.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Was head-binding an ancient way to get a leg up?

Was head-binding an ancient way to get a leg up?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Parents have been meddling with their children’s heads since prehistoric times. To achieve the desired form the pliable skulls of new-borns were manipulated.

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Depending on consumers for accurate pre-sorting of plastic materials is fraught with problems.

Plastic treaty failure shifts focus back on recycling

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week.

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Astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 mission, has died aged 97. (AP PHOTO)

Apollo 13 moon mission commander Jim Lovell dead at 97

Astronaut James Lovell, commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to Earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died aged 97.

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Tanks that hold thousands of tons of liquid carbon dioxide extracted from the exhaust produced by a cement plant in Oygarden, near the port city of Bergen, Norway, June 30, 2025. A business called Northern Lights is seen as a model for efforts to pump carbon dioxide deep into wells, but high costs remain an obstacle. (Thomas Ekstrm/The New York Times)

Norway’s bet on Europe’s energy future

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Oslo wants to parlay the skills of the petroleum industry and its favourable geology into a kind of garbage disposal service for emissions from heavy industry.

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The acting administrator of NASA has issued a directive to fast-track efforts to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.

NASA fast-tracks putting nuclear reactor on Moon

THE NEW YORK TIMES: NASA has put out a call for commercial interests to establish a nuclear reactor on the Moon. It is, however, not clear what it will power.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Sometimes there is something unseen in the story, and the mistake isn’t to theorise about it; it’s to lock on too quickly to a single theory.

Conspiracies are real, the theories can be traps

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Sometimes there is something unseen in the story, and the mistake isn’t to theorise about it; it’s to lock on too quickly to a single theory.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Everybody eats potatoes, it seems, but nobody can say where they came from.

What’s a potato? A 9-million-year-old tomato

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Everybody eats potatoes, it seems, but nobody can say where they came from.

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The new IVF procedure prevents the transfer of mutated genes from inside the mother's mitochondria.

Healthy babies born via new ‘three-person IVF’ method

Scientists in Britain have created healthy “three-person babies” through a groundbreaking method designed to stop fatal genes in their tracks.

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The largest piece of Mars ever found on earth is going under the hammer. (AP PHOTO)

The biggest piece of Mars on earth is up for auction

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on earth.

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They are one of the biggest band’s in the world but scientists suggest they are not ‘harmonically daring’.

Why the biggest band in the world are officially BORING

They are mega-popular, having sold more than 100 million albums, but scientists have found that their new songs sound a lot like their old ones. Do you agree?

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Scientists have raised ‘urgent concerns’ after the discovery of new bat pathogens in China

‘Urgent concerns’ after deadly viruses found in Chinese bats

Scientists have raised ‘urgent concerns’ after the discovery of new bat pathogens in China that are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses.

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A powerful new telescope nestled high in the Chilean Andes has taken its first glimpse of the cosmos.

See stunning images from world’s most powerful space camera

With 3200 megapixels and a mission to scan the sky every 40 seconds, the Vera Rubin Observatory is set to transform space discovery.

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