Science & Environment
6 ways you can prepare for the on-coming heatwave
Australian Geographic spoke with expert heatwave risk management experts to determine what you can do to beat the heat over the next week.
Tag: sun
News
NASA’s mission to fly directly into the Sun’s atmosphere
The mission hopes to give us new insights into how the Earth and the solar system responds to the sun.
News
NASA captures three powerful, consecutive Solar flares
The Sun emitted a trio of Solar flares earlier this week, all captured in stunning images released by NASA.
News
First images from the Sun’s edge reveal origins of Solar wind
NASA scientists have for the first time imaged the edge of the Sun, enabling them to describe the mysterious origins of Solar wind.
Science & Environment
Enormous solar flares key to life on Earth
Our Sun’s stormy adolescence may have been crucial to seeding life on Earth, according to new NASA research.
Science & Environment
This is what happens to your skin when you get sunburnt
Last summer, 2.4 million Australian adults were getting sunburnt each weekend. But what’s actually happening in the skin during a sunburn?
Reader Photos
Reader photo: Stony Creek sunrise
A stunning sunrise over the sea shore is this week’s reader photo.
Reader Photos
Partial solar eclipse at sunset
The partial solar eclipse at sunset seen on 29 April, 2014.
News
Rare solar eclipse over Australia on 29 April
A partial eclipse will occur over Australia and Antarctica