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A new map, called SPICE-RACS, shows magnetic fields throughout the Universe in blue and red. It was produced with CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope on Wajarri Yamaji Country.

Scientists map universe’s invisible force to show sky as you’ve never seen it

Australian researchers have created the biggest and most detailed image of a colossal cosmic mystery.

  • Angus Dalton

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A meteor lights up the Sydney sky on Thursday night.

‘Imagine it’s dog poo’: The three critical rules if you find Sydney meteorite

The spectacular fireball that blazed across NSW skies offers critical clues about where it came from.

  • Angus Dalton
A meteor was sighted above Sydney on Thursday night.

Suspected meteor lights up Sydney sky, delivering ‘quite the show’ for shocked onlookers

Australia’s top space researchers are now scrambling to uncover the particulars behind the suspected meteor.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Doon Doon Roadhouse will be one of the best places to view the next solar eclipse in 2028.

An eclipse had just finished dazzling Exmouth when the phone at a remote WA roadhouse started ringing

Doon Doon, around 100 kilometres south of Kununurra, has been named as the place to be when the next total solar eclipse crosses WA’s north in 2028.

  • Holly Thompson
C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS, captured above from Crete in April, is now visible in Australian skies.

A rare comet has hit our skies. Here’s how to see it (with a side of meteors)

A new comet is streaking across Australian skies after dazzling the northern hemisphere.

  • Angus Dalton
Space explorer Anousheh Ansari was the fourth spaceflight participant – rather than government-funded astronaut – to visit the International Space Station (ISS).

Want to visit space after Artemis II? For $20m, Anousheh flew herself there

Going to space comes with a huge psychological pay-off. Here’s the one switch a space explorer made that changed her life.

  • Angus Dalton
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Australia’s astronomers fear for the future after the government ended a key telescope partnership.

As space race takes off, Australia has lost our best eyes to the universe

Australia’s ability to contribute to the exploration of space has been dealt a hammer blow.

  • Angus Dalton
NASA’s 100-metre tall rocket is set to blast off with four astronauts on board on Thursday.

Artemis II bound for the moon in historic lunar mission

The giant rocket blasted off this morning as humans prepare to return to the moon for the first time in 53 years. The new era of lunar travel isn’t about reaching space, but staying there.

  • Angus Dalton
The lunar eclipse poking through the clouds late on Wednesday night as viewed from Blaxland in the Blue Mountains.

A ‘breathtaking’ blood moon will rise over Australia tonight. Here’s how you can see the eclipse

The spectacular lunar eclipse will be visible across Australia on Tuesday night, and the last seen anywhere on Earth for the next three years.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Crowds gather at North Bondi’s Ben Buckler Point to watch the Beaver supermoon rise on Wednesday night.

Biggest and brightest: The best time to be dazzled by the Beaver supermoon

November’s full moon marks the time of year when the celestial body swings closest to Earth. Here’s when you should train your eyes on the skies.

  • Angus Dalton