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Environment

How I pay almost nothing to power my house and electric car

The ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz has seen energy prices soar, but Alice Klein pays just A$25 (£13) a month for her electricity, even when charging an electric car or running an air conditioner.

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artist's concept of comet 41P

Space

We’ve caught a comet switching its spin direction for the first time

News

ÒÁÈ˾þà of the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants of the NAS of Ukraine in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, December 15, 2025. Anatoly Doroshenko

Physics

The man who crawls into the perilous heart of the Chernobyl reactor

Features

Chernobyl 2022

Physics

Exclusive report: Inside Chernobyl, 40 years after nuclear disaster

Features

Environment

Plug-in solar is coming – how dangerous is it and is it worth it?

News

Space

Earth may have formed from two separate rings around the sun

News

Space

Mysterious comet disintegration caught by telescope after lucky break

News

Space

We’ve spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast

News

Space

NASA changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time

News

Space

How to see six planets in the sky at once in rare celestial alignment

Nearly all of the solar system’s planets are about to file across the night sky in a planetary alignment, and it will be visible from anywhere on Earth

News

Space

What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

Culture

Space

Saturn’s rings may have formed after a huge collision with Titan

News

Environment

This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables

News

Space

Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior

News

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