The age of the apostles

The “12” apostles are a famous tourist attraction on the Great Ocean Road, but they’re also younger and more fragile than one might expect.

Earth’s boring billion

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ancient supercontinent 1.5 billion years ago transformed Earth’s surface environments, paving the way for the emergence of complex life.

In search of Gondwanaland

Some 200 million years ago, modern Antarctica, South America, Africa, India, and Australia formed a single large continent called Gondwanaland full of trees and large animals.

Target Australia

New evidence suggests the world’s largest known asteroid impact structure is buried deep in southeast Australia, the geological remnants of a vast impact hundreds of millions of years ago.

The mystery of the megamountains

Giant mountain ranges at least as high as the Himalayas and stretching up to 8,000 kilometres across entire supercontinents played a crucial role in the evolution of early life on Earth, according to a new study by researchers at The Australian National University.