3 Apr 2021

Researchers from RSES, The Australian National University (ANU) have confirmed the existence of the Earth's "innermost inner core".

31 Mar 2021

PhD scholar Ilya Bobrovskiy has already revealed the earliest known animal, but you can expect some more big discoveries from this young scientist. Will Wright...

8 Jan 2021

The Black Summer fires were unprecedented in their scale and power, as well as the number of fires that transitioned into extreme pyrocumulonimbus events.

9 Dec 2020

A leading expert from the Australian National University (ANU) who will analyse the samples says they could provide major insights into the origin of life on...

4 Dec 2020

Asteroids come in two main flavours. S-type (for “stony”) asteroids are made of ferromagnesian minerals, rich in iron and magnesium, such as olivine and...

30 Nov 2020

New research overturns chemical evidence for the earliest animals

25 Nov 2020

“The best kind of rare earth deposit is one that is de-risked by having other commodities, where you are producing rare earth as a by-product.

24 Nov 2020

The joint studies found molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks aren't the earliest evidence of animals, but instead common algae.

18 Nov 2020

Pioneering new research has helped geologists solve a long-standing puzzle that could help pinpoint new, untapped concentrations of some the most valuable rare...

6 Nov 2020

Asteroids are all over the news these days with the NASA-led mission OSIRIS-Rex gathering samples from asteroid Bennu.

21 Oct 2020

A team of Australian researchers including nine from RSES set off on a landmark voyage to discover more about the Earth beneath our oceans, and what triggers...

13 Oct 2020

RSES's early career researcher Adele Morrison receives the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women fellowship, awarded annually to only a handful of the most...