New solar-battery hybrid promising four hours of storage near Canberra seeks federal green light
The local renewable energy arm of South Korean electronics giant Samsung is seeking a green light from the…
Can China’s electric rocket launcher make Elon Musk’s chemical rockets obsolete?
The first version of Falcon 9, launched in 2010, reportedly brought the cost of reaching orbit down by…
Last Circus Elephant in Portugal Can Now Romp-and-Roll on 1000-Acre Sanctuary After 40 Years of Working
Julie the elephant’s first day at Pangea Elephant Sanctuary in Portugal – SWNS A lazy retirement was bestowed…
‘It’s not rocket science’: a day in the life of a Nasa behavioral health scientist | Well actually
Dr Suzanne Bell, an organizational psychologist, leads the Behavioral Health and Performance Laboratory at Nasa’s Johnson Space Center.…
How does a planet spin so slowly that a single day there lasts longer than its entire year, while the clouds above it race all the way around in just four days?
Venus appears to keep two incompatible clocks. Its solid surface takes about 243 Earth days to rotate once…
Iconic Australian frog found with rare color-shifting iridescent skin
Blue is one of nature’s rarest colors. When it does appear, it is usually created by microscopic structures…
At least six moons in our solar system are thought to hide oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces — and the list may keep growing as old spacecraft data, improved models and new missions reveal oceans in increasingly unexpected places
Liquid water is not confined to Earth or to worlds close enough to the Sun for warmth. Several…
Slash-and-burn farming was blamed for destroying rainforests, but a study of 18,000 forest patches found community rules can limit clearing and allow trees to return
Unwritten social rules, not government oversight, help keep forest land sustainable Slash-and-burn farming was blamed for destroying rainforests,…
NASA satellite reveals ‘hummingbird’ hidden beneath icy Antarctic surface
Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station, conducted a science experiment growing potassium chloride crystals.…
Scientists Solve a Decades-Old Mystery Inside Atomic Nuclei
A long-standing puzzle in nuclear physics may finally have an answer: unexpected low-energy gamma rays in zinc-70 appear…
Arts and humanities have a role in understanding space exploration | Space
Where are the arts and humanities in current debates about space research? The physicist Laura Grego tells us…
Australia’s Clean Energy Boom Is Gathering Speed
Australia has big renewable energy ambitions and is well on its way to shifting dependence away from coal…