Dead star orbiting a neutron star ‘cosmic lighthouse’ is at a rarely seen stage of its afterlife
Astronomers have caught a white dwarf, the type of stellar remnant the sun will leave when it dies,…
Shark danger in Clarence River after whale carcass removed, marine biologist says
A marine biologist says sharks are likely to be attracted to a New South Wales sandbar where a…
Cosmic Ribose and Boron: How Space Sugar Shaped Early Life
Scientists think life arose from a complex mixture of water, minerals and carbon-containing molecules: the proverbial primordial soup.…
Australia is making big bets on a slow transition, but the technology S-curve tells a different story
Australia is making energy decisions that could shape the next several decades by looking in the rear-view mirror.…
NASA Opens Applications for Next Class of Flight Directors
NASA is seeking leaders for one of the most esteemed positions on Earth for human spaceflight: flight director…
US biologists searching the Mojave Desert found six previously unknown Mojave poppy bee population groups; the new evidence helped determine the tiny specialist bee does not need endangered-species listing
US biologists searching the Mojave Desert have discovered six previously unknown population groups of the Mojave poppy bee,…
Why the aurochs disappeared from Scandinavia: DNA, hunting, and expanding forests
Aurochs were the wild ancestors of modern cattle. They once roamed Europe, Asia and northern Africa. Today they’re…
Call for Papers: Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Resilience and Land Restoration – Submit by August 2027
Researchers, academics, environmental scientists and practitioners are invited to contribute to a new article collection examining the role…
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station – YouTube
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station YouTube‘An amazing ride’: SpaceX flight led by first Black female commander sets…
Rare-earth compound shows strange liquid crystal-like magnetism
A strange magnetic state inside a compound called YbMnBi₂ could help explain one of its most unusual electrical…
AI Can Detect Hidden Signs of Aging in the 3D Architecture of DNA
A new AI tool can read hidden signatures of aging from ordinary microscopy images of blood-forming stem cells.…
97-million-year-old fossils reveal the earliest known animal “GPS”
Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known evidence of an internal animal “GPS” system, offering a…