Venus and Earth share some atmospheric quirks – but how did Venus get so unbearably hot, while Earth is mild and temperate?
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One of Earth’s closest cosmic companions has puzzled scientists for years.
A process called ‘hot bottom burning’ helped scientists determine the age of 3I/ATLAS.
An observatory director describes the differences between the types of rocks that fly through space.
The nature of space, time and the evolution of life on Earth mean it’s unlikely extraterrestrial life has visited our home planet.
As lunar missions are back in vogue with engineering more sustainable human presence on the Moon in mind, there’s no getting away from the fact that you can’t breathe on a satellite that has no atmosphere.
Astronomers will investigate this fireball to help disentangle the heritage and history of the Solar System’s formation.
We can study the cosmos by tracing debris from exploding stars right here on Earth.
Ingredients for life may have been widespread throughout the Solar System in its early years.
Radio pulses repeating every minute-to-hour have puzzled astronomers, but a new paper in Nature Astronomy might finally shed some light.
Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond.
Mars may have been hospitable to life early in its history.
It’s not enough to point a rocket at the Sun and ignite the engines.
Hundreds of meteorites fall to Earth each year. If you’re lucky enough to find one, here’s what to do.
The alien question, while fun, generates misinformation and distracts from the science.
Earth is the only home humans have ever known. But that might not be the case for much longer.
The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home galaxy.
The largest telescope in space has been trained on a rocky exoplanet.
If you’re like most people, you’ve never heard of it. Meet the ringed asteroid-comet hybrid prowling the outer reaches of the Solar System.
If aliens did a flyby through the Solar System, would we even realise?
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute; The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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Program Manager / Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney
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Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
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Senior Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Lecturer, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Dean of Innovation and Engagement, Swinburne University of Technology
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PhD Candidate, University of Southern Queensland
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Research Associate, Curtin University