Astronomers everywhere have high hopes for NASA's James Webb telescope. It's supposed to give us an insight into the first stars and galaxies that ever formed and into the atmospheres of potentially … [+2443 chars]
Scientists have found a rare space phenomenon with the world's largest single-dish telescope. The phenomenon, called fast radio burst (FRB), is only the second example of its kind, which hints at th… [+2427 chars]
The partnership between NASA and SpaceX is poised to get even stronger, as the space agency recently announced its intention to purchase five additional Crew Dragon flights to the International Space… [+5437 chars]
NASA's InSight lander successfully touched down on Mars on 26 November 2018. Seventy Martian days later, the seismometercalled SEISdeployed on the surface of Mars began recording the Red Planet's tre… [+7726 chars]
The ARC Centre of Excellence known as CABAH The Centre for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage at the University of Wollongong is a hub for research covering archaeology, environment, climate, biolo… [+1098 chars]
PhysNASA simulation suggests some volcanoes might warm climate, destroy ozone layerTectonic map of the Earth. Hasterok et al./Earth-Sci.Rev. Based on a series of models considering how the continen… [+3969 chars]
In your home, storing books on a bookshelf, tools in a tool box, and a broom in a broom cupboard makes it easy to access these items whenever you need them. Within the body, hematopoietic stem cells … [+3104 chars]
At the current rate of retreat the vast glaciers, which extend deep into the heart of the ice sheet, could contribute as much as 3.4 metres to global sea level rise over the next several centuries.An… [+5068 chars]
The world is aware of the public health risks caused by mosquitoes, which are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae. Recently, a new species of mosqu… [+1259 chars]
A new study is providing an enhanced look at the intertwined evolutionary histories of polar bears and brown bears. Becoming separate species did not completely stop these animals from mating with e… [+6725 chars]
The ARC Centre of Excellence known as CABAH The Centre for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage at the University of Wollongong is a hub for research covering archaeology, environment, climate, biolo… [+1098 chars]
A hotter ocean is a hungrier ocean — at least as far as fish predators are concerned. In a new field study published online June 9 in Science, Smithsonian scientists discovered predator impacts in th… [+5226 chars]
