New images capture “footprints” of baby planets around newborn stars, which could be forming in just hundreds of thousands of years
If you have ever looked up at the night sky and wondered when Earth first began to take…
Physicists Think They Saw a Black Hole Explode
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Black holes are born from the explosive deaths of…
The oldest known duck of its type in the world lives at Tidbinbilla
Little Ripper, the Musk Duck. Photo: ACT Government. Little Ripper, he’s called. And with good reason. He’s a…
Runaway Black Holes Are Real After All. Here’s What We Know. : ScienceAlert
Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our Solar System from somewhere far beyond.…
China’s ‘artificial photosynthesis’ method converts CO2 into petrol
A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled a breakthrough method that turns carbon dioxide and water into valuable…
NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Keith Miller (Caltech/IPAC) Astronomers have discovered what appears to be an exoplanet that could be a distant Earthly…
Experts delighted after capturing rare footage of unlikely creature: ‘Surprise guest’
Experts and bird aficionados alike were in fine feather when an endangered bird appeared for the first time…
NASA spots colossal eruptions shaking Io — Jupiter’s most volcanic moon
NASA has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption outside of Earth on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. On…
Clean energy is surging — with or without Trump
A funny thing happened on the way to President Donald Trump’s mission to obliterate renewable energy. Solar and…
SpaceX launches return to flight Falcon 9 mission following brief stand down – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force…
Something supercharged Uranus when Voyager 2 flew past
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) say they may have found an answer to a puzzle that has…
New Hobart zip-line proposal for public land, but this one wouldn’t be on Kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Another zip-line is being proposed for public land near Hobart, almost a year after the last proposal on…