Latest Earth News

First international CAPSTAN voyage takes students to the Pacific
Black Holes Outgrow Their Galaxies
Space weather can cause both beautiful auroras and infrastructure challenges – 5 essential reads on protecting life and technology
Governments remain central to fostering competitiveness and innovation in the space economy as private investment grows
Prehistoric builders hauled 25-tonne stones 18km to build Britain’s tallest stone row
‘Parachute Science’ Is Failing World’s Tropical Insects
How the chemistry of Star Trek changed my life – from a gunpowder plot to ‘red hellfire’
How studying astronauts could help tackle ageing on Earth
Can what we feed farm animals directly benefit our own health? Our research suggests it can
Tasmania’s Young Tall Science Poppies helping to shape a better world
Big Supernova Dataset Challenges Dark Energy Theory
How the ‘first bird’ leapt into the sky and soared above the dinosaurs
Macquarie researchers join CERN’s quest to uncover the universe’s biggest mysteries
Photography competition calls on Aussies to celebrate and protect nature
FAO hosts summit for sustainability of small-scale fisheries
New signs of hope for threatened species in the Western Grasslands Reserve
Opposition to critical minerals an issue for VIC election – but are the parties listening?
Orange hydrogen: Could Western Australia’s rocks help power a low-carbon future?
Do you need to worry about the Sun turning into a black hole?
Heathrow expansion incompatible with UK legal climate targets, major report finds
New Insights Into Fundamental Behaviour Of Water
Metabolic networks provide clues about the earliest stages of enzyme evolution
Warmer waters, pest species and habitat loss major threats to small, rare freshwater fish in Tropical North 
Five Fascinating Great Barrier Reef Biodiversity Facts
How underwater ‘booms’ could provide earlier warning of deadly volcanic tsunamis
‘Rivers of Ice’ exhibit offers lens on glaciers’ retreat
Boeing delivers final high-speed service satellites
Using a radar satellite to track emperor penguins in winter is changing our understanding of the species
Gamma-ray Observatory Of Highest Calibre
Astronomers use MeerKAT to directly detect faint hydrogen signal from the distant Universe
The collapse of a mountainside triggered Nepal’s devastating floods. As the region’s mountains heat up, it won’t be the last
Kaikōura erosion monitoring holds answers for world’s rock coastlines
One Nation’s pledge to cancel offshore wind in Gippsland just another broken jobs promise
Bhotekoshi 2026: Green Climate Fund failed Nepal’s communities when urgent action was needed
Viper Keeps Eye On Outer Space
NASA’s new telescope will transform our view of the universe. This is the story of its namesake
Antarctic soil microbes are frequently picking up genes for turning air into energy
NASA Telescope Gives Hidden Exoplanets Chance To Shine
Mars rovers give scientists a ground-level view of the red planet – peek inside their NASA control room
Stop trying to maintain constant productivity: Your ability to cope with stress changes with the seasons and your own biological clocks
Enabling Images Of Distant Worlds
Historic sulphur emissions the likely cause of damage to Murujuga rock art: new research
Victoria’s offshore wind auction announcement marks beginning of new industry
Are earthquakes becoming more common? Here’s what the numbers say
Green Hydrogen Production and Storage Using Alcohols, Iron, and Baker’s Yeast
Gamma-ray jet scans extragalactic background light in the universe
Natural restoration is key to reviving threatened tropical rainforests
Antarctic bacteria share ‘life-support’ genes to survive extreme conditions