Category: 1. Edi-Choice

Humanity is still in the early stages of exploring the cosmos, with Artemis 2 preparing to take us back to the moon and then onwards to Mars. But if NASA’s progress is a little pedestrian for you, then “Elite Dangerous” is the game for…

The two largest planets in the Solar System – Jupiter and Saturn – have a lot in common. They’re made of very similar stuff, they spin at similar speeds, and radiate internal heat similarly. Heck, they even both hoard moons in a similar…

Tiny crystals buried in Australia’s coastal sands have captured signals from space, helping scientists chart erosion and geological shifts across millions of years. Using a rare gas formed by cosmic rays, researchers have managed to…

The final days of the dinosaurs were far from the slow decline many scientists once imagined. A groundbreaking study published in Science reveals that dinosaurs were flourishing in diverse ecosystems right up until the asteroid impact that ended…

We live in the age of the spacefaring robot, wherein far-flung probes brave the harsh environment of interplanetary space to beam gorgeous images and invaluable scientific data back to Earth to broaden our understanding of the solar system that…

The self-described “Bush Legend” on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram is growing in popularity.

These short and sharp videos feature an Aboriginal man — sometimes painted up in ochre, other times in an all khaki outfit — as he introduces…

It looks like a sapphire jewel in space, but HD 189733b is anything but serene. With winds reaching seven times the speed of sound and clouds that pour molten glass sideways, this alien world is one of the most hostile environments ever…

A newly published study in OrtogOnLineMag unveils the digitally reconstructed face of the Kennewick Man, one of the oldest and most debated ancient human skeletons ever discovered in North America. Using cutting-edge forensic techniques,…

Scientists have uncovered 97-million-year-old magnetic fossils that hint at a mysterious, extinct marine animal equipped with an internal compass. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin studied these…

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that time was “running out” in the race to build the next great…