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‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’

The astronomical bodies fire off powerful jets in two distinct phases in their feeding cycle, researchers discover

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17

‘Spectral lines’ and a giant plume: what science saw when the SpaceX rocket hit the moon

Sodium and lithium gas was detected in a plume thought to span tens of kilometres, created when part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the lunar surface

The Guardian - AU · Aug 6

Scientists discover 27 potential new planets that orbit two stars in solar systems far, far away

On ‘Star Wars day’, researchers more than double the number of potential known ‘circumbinary’ planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker

The Guardian - AU · May 4

China developing military space tech ‘breathtakingly fast’ as they threaten to blast ahead of US in space race

NASA lay-offs and Chinese ambition are changing the space power balance, writes Chris Stokel-Walker

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

September Supermoon: the best place and time to see tonight’s bigger and brighter full moon

Find a viewing spot that is dark and looks towards the east, which is where the moon will rise. A flat location will give a ‘really cool’ perspective, experts say

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2024

August’s ‘super blue moon’ will be Australia’s first since 2009. Here’s what you need to know

The rare phenomenon can be glimpsed on three days this week as the moon orbits closer to Earth

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2023

Curious Kids: how do black holes pull in light?

How can a black hole pull in light when light isn’t a physical thing? – Will, age 8, Victoria

The Conversation · Aug 15, 2023

‘It’s new territory’: why is Betelgeuse glowing so brightly and behaving so strangely?

After the ‘great dimming’, the closest red giant star to Earth is pulsating twice as fast as usual and lighting up the southern hemisphere’s early evening sky

The Guardian - AU · May 26, 2023

Harvard University team heading to PNG in quest to find interstellar rock unlike anything scientists have seen before

Believed to have crashed into the sea off PNG's Manus Island, the rare interstellar meteor was one of the first ever documented, and it has scientists questioning if it could be artificially made.

ABC News · Apr 14, 2023

The green comet: how to see a once-in-50,000-years event in Australia’s night skies

The speeding C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and its icy tail will not be visible from most parts of Australia until 5 February – and won’t be visible again from Earth for a long, long time

The Guardian - AU · Feb 3, 2023