Comet 220P/McNaught has already put on an unexpectedly impressive show this summer as two dramatic outbursts of activity caused it to shine 20,000 times brighter than usual. Here’s how you can spot the icy interloper before it fades in the coming weeks. Comet 220P/McNaught orbits the sun once every 5.5-years.…
It’s time to end native forest logging
The vast majority of Australians and all mainstream nature protection groups—including Greenpeace—agree that Australia should end native forest logging, and that governments should create vast new national parks to protect and manage some of our most magnificent remaining forests. But there is significant disagreement about how this transition should come…
Bondi Icebergs caught in Aboriginal land claim as calls grow for new law to protect iconic Sydney sites
One of Sydney’s most famous and scenic landmarks is subject to a claim by the local Aboriginal land council. The La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council confirmed on Friday that it has lodged a land claim over the world-famous Bondi Icebergs pool and licensed club in the city’s east. Located…
‘A new mission starting today’: 8 years after launch, BepiColombo begins Mercury arrival
After nearly eight years traveling through the inner solar system, the trailblazing BepiColombo spacecraft has finally begun its arrival at Mercury. The joint European Space Agency (ESA)-Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission reached a major milestone today (Sep. 3), entering its arrival phase at one of our sun’s least-studied planets.…
Britons are being urged to stockpile food to survive crises as risks to supplies ‘become more likely and potentially more severe’
By CLAIRE ELLICOTT Published: 00:00 BST, 4 September 2026 | Updated: 01:14 BST, 4 September 2026 Families must be urged to stockpile food to survive increasingly severe shocks including extreme weather, cyber attacks and disease, experts warned yesterday. Short and long-term risks to food supplies were becoming ‘more likely and…
‘Strange New Worlds” latest episode is a soap opera spoof, but hasn’t ‘Star Trek’ always been a soap opera in space?
“Strange New Worlds”‘ fourth season has doubled down on the show’s long-established penchant for seeking out new genres beyond “Trek”‘s traditional frontiers. So far the Enterprise has encountered Martians, hangovers and Muppets, and now its latest mission, “Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass”, has made a detour into full-on soap opera…
Donald Trump claims he ‘saved the UK from a nuclear attack’ by waging a war on Iran
Donald Trump has claimed he ‘saved’ Britain from a nuclear attack by launching strikes on Iran, as he renewed his criticism of the UK for refusing to join the conflict. The US President also described the UK as reaching ‘tipping point’ and made a fresh attack on London, saying that immigration…
2 spacecraft will soon reach Mercury after 8 years in space. Here’s what BepiColombo can do
Mercury, the tiniest and least-explored planet in the inner solar system, is hiding mysteries far larger than itself — and finally, scientists will soon be getting not one but two spacecraft designed to decode the strange world. That’s thanks to the BepiColombo mission, a joint project of the European Space…
Man allegedly bashed to death during horror late-night altercation in Sydney
By KYLIE STEVENS, SENIOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 22:30 BST, 3 September 2026 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 3 September 2026 A man has been arrested after another man died after allegedly being bashed to death by another man in a late night altercation. Emergency services were called to a…
‘Alien: Isolation 2’: Facing a ruthless and evolved Xenomorph in our Gamescom hands-on preview
It’s hard to downplay excitement for Alien: Isolation 2 after a first menacing teaser and promising early previews. Alien video games are in a good spot right now thanks to bangers like Aliens Dark Descent and Fireteam Elite 2, but nothing has hit quite like Creative Assembly’s 2014 survival horror…