She may not have been part of our immediate family but many of us feel that, during her 70-year reign, we have ‘grown up’ with herGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe death of Queen Elizabeth II has prompted public displays of grief around the world – from public gatherings at Buckingham Palace in London, and condolences from world leaders, to individuals...

Weeks after installing a network of meteor-detecting cameras, the members of Fireballs Aotearoa were granted their dearest wish: a rock that fell to EarthIt looks like a scene from a crime show as a search party in hi-vis jackets walks in formation, heads down, searching the brush for clues. But this group is not looking for evidence of a crime, they are after something harder to find: celestial...

Student’s find provides new evidence region may be one of first places early humans settled outside AfricaArchaeologists in Georgia have found a 1.8m-year-old tooth belonging to an early species of human that they say cements the region as the home of one of the earliest prehistoric human settlements in Europe, and possibly anywhere outside Africa.The tooth was discovered near the village of...

Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of photographing the moonGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastWith the September 2022 full moon rising, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately the moon is really challenging to get a great photo of.Two reasons: it is very...