Humans are naturally afraid of the dark. We sometimes imagine monsters under the bed and walk faster down unlit streets…
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How many intelligent civilisations should there be in our galaxy right now? In 1961, the US astrophysicist Frank Drake, who…
Nothing lasts forever, including the stars in our night sky. One of the brighter and more notable stars in our…
The European Space Agency’s (Esa) Gaia mission has just released new data. The Gaia satellite was launched in 2013, with the aim…
Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, it is now…
“Holy sharks, Batman, it’s periodic!” I exclaimed on Slack. It was the first lockdown of 2021 in Perth, and we…
Astronomers are increasingly drawing back the curtains on black holes. In the past few years, we have finally captured actual photos of…
When the immense sound of the Ariane 5 rocket rumbles across Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana, it will signal the end of…