Get set for the people's planetary parade
The astronomical show set to take over the August sky will be ‘’the people’s planetary parade‘’ - visible to the naked eye whether you have fancy gear or not.
Latest science news
How a secret location near Sydney is helping save the Tasmanian devil
Fear of extinction is beginning to give way to hope for survival in the wild as a Barrington Tops refuge for Tassie Devils offers hope for a cancer-stricken population.
Face it, there's many a zero between you and your (identical) hero
According to Adelaide University forensic anthropologist Teghan Lewis, the chance of two people looking the same is not as common as an internet search suggests.
Updated brain map identifies nearly 100 new regions
The brain looks like a featureless expanse of folds and bulges, but it's actually carved up into invisible territories, new research has shown.
Researchers more than double the number of identified brain regions
In a study published online in Nature, a team of researchers more than doubled the number of distinct areas known in the human cortex, from 83 to 180. This new map of the brain combines data from four different imaging technologies to essentially bring high-definition to brain scanning for the first time.
Blood test could pick up Alzheimer's clues long before symptoms show
Scientists are close to developing a blood test to detect Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms appear.
T. rex not only dinosaur to evolve pitifully puny arms
Something must have made these ridiculous looking arms useful, because they evolved over and over again.
How every book ever written could be stored on a stamp
When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press he changed the world. Dutch scientists have gone one crazy step further.
SpaceX rocket sends supplies to space station, lands itself
An unmanned SpaceX rocket has blasted off from Florida to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station, before part of the craft turned around to land itself back at the launch site.
Fears for embryos exposed to food container chemical
A controversial chemical commonly found in food containers has again been linked to poor health outcomes - this time in a study of embryos.
Why Juno is as vital as putting man on the Moon
With the plucky spacecraft now in orbit around Jupiter, Professor Monica Grady hopes it will reveal the origins of the solar system.
ANU scientists in laser research breakthough
The development of biomedical sensors, quantum computing and internet speeds have just been given a boost.
Why the world's largest radio telecsope is such a big deal
China has just completed construction on the world’s largest radio telescope, raising hopes of finding new worlds and alien life
First instance of water clouds outside our solar system
A cloudy day here on Earth might be a sign for gloom, but elsewhere in the universe, to behold one is a scientific achievement.
Magnetic brain stimulation can help treat drug-resistant depression, study finds
The once-controversial method of beaming magnetic fields into the frontal areas of the brain to treat depression has been shown to help those with drug-resistant depression.
Life, but not as we know it
An extraterrestrial report has the scientific world discussing what it means to be alive.
Jewish space flight historian struggles with rocket science's Nazi history
"It's not like my family used to have, you know, a daily Nazi lesson," said Amy
'Sniffer mice' may soon be used to detect bombs
Mice genetically engineered to sniff out bombs could one day join dogs in the hunt for explosives.
Juno enters Jupiter's orbit, capping five-year voyage
Ducking through intense belts of violent radiation as it skimmed over the clouds of Jupiter at 130,000 mph (210,000 km/h), NASA's Juno spacecraft on Monday finally clinched its spot in the orbit of the solar system's largest planet.
Juno arrives at Jupiter with help from Canberra
Researchers at Canberra's deep space complex were jointly tasked with communicating with Juno as it finally shifted into Jupiter's orbit.