Australia-Bound Asteroid Sample From Japan’s Hayabusa2 Mission May Reveal Life’s Origins
A Japanese space mission will deliver samples collected from asteroid Ryugu in a capsule to the outback desert of Woomera in South Australia this Sunday…
A Japanese space mission will deliver samples collected from asteroid Ryugu in a capsule to the outback desert of Woomera in South Australia this Sunday…
An international team of scientists has defied nature to make diamonds in minutes in a laboratory at room temperature — a process that normally requires…
It may be another 100,000 years until the giant red star Betelgeuse dies in a fiery explosion, according to a new study by an international…
The most massive black hole collision ever detected has been directly observed by the LIGO and VIRGO Scientific Collaboration, which includes scientists from The Australian National University (ANU). The…
A mystery surrounding the space around our solar system is unfolding thanks to evidence of supernovae found in deep-sea sediments. Professor Anton Wallner, a nuclear…
An international team of researchers has discovered a dense, cold gas that’s been shot out from the center of the Milky Way “like bullets.” Exactly…
Experts are calling for transparent and clear computer modeling of COVID-19, as the world looks for a way to understand and make decisions about the…
The global economy could lose up to $US21.8 trillion dollars in 2020 alone due to COVID-19, according to new analysis from The Australian National University…
We now know just how massive the fastest-growing black hole in the Universe actually is, as well as how much it eats, thanks to new…
A black hole around 23 times the size of the Sun has swallowed a mysterious, much smaller astrophysical object, according to new research announced today by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave observatories,…
Every year an average pet cat kills 110 native animals. Roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia, including reptiles, birds and…
New international research has found a worrying change in the Indian Ocean’s surface temperatures that puts southeast Australia on course for increasingly hot and dry…
A team of scientists in Hungary recently published a paper that hints at the existence of a previously unknown subatomic particle. The team first reported…
An international study has discovered a star traveling at more than six million km/h through the Milky Way after being flung from the center of…
Squeeze leads to stellar-mass black hole collision precision. Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have found a way to better detect all collisions of…
Astronomers have pieced together the cannibalistic past of our neighboring large galaxy Andromeda, which has now set its sights on the Milky Way as its…
Warmer temperatures linked to climate change are having a big impact on the breeding habits of one of Australia’s most recognizable bird species, according to…
Scientists, including those from The Australian National University (ANU), say they have detected a black hole swallowing a neutron star for the first time. “About…