Australia is battling through its ‘most significant’ heatwave for 80 years that has seen temperatures soar above 104F (40C) for six consecutive days across the country. Roads melted, animals dropped dead and fires raged as temperature records tumbled across New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Hundreds of Australians have flocked to Bondi Beach in Sydney to cool off from the extreme summer temperatures. The latest mind-boggling figure was reported in the town of Noona, in New South Wales, which reported an overnight minimum temperature of 96.6F (35.9C) on Thursday – a new record for the whole of Australia. At […]

Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one. The moon, Earth and sun will line up this weekend for the only total lunar eclipse this year and next. At the same time, the moon will be ever so closer to Earth and appear slightly bigger and brighter than usual — a supermoon. “This one is particularly good,” said Rice University astrophysicist Patrick Hartigan. “It not only is a supermoon and it’s a total eclipse, but the total eclipse also lasts pretty long. It’s about an hour.” The whole eclipse starts Sunday night or early Monday, depending […]