It’s been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back?
In August of 2006, astronomers at the International Astronomical Union (IAU) democratically voted to reclassify Pluto as a…
A landslide at a landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say
Conakry, GuineaAP — A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea‘s capital of Conakry early…
SpaceX rocket set to depart Christmas Island for Texas aboard specialist recovery vessel
Like a certain extraterrestrial, SpaceX’s Starship 40 is set to depart its adopted safe harbour of Christmas Island…
Freezing liquid inside optical fibre makes light and sound interact more than 1,000 times more strongly
Representational photo of a frozen optical fiber core in a glass capillary, which guides and couples light and…
Queensland news: Quick-thinking driver saves koala and joey from close call with truck on North Stradbroke Island
A quick-thinking couple swooped in to save a koala and her tiny joey moments before disaster struck on…
Gamma-Ray Jet Probes Cosmic Background Light
A highly concentrated beam of light from the center of the galaxy OP 313 allows researchers to infer…
Scottish Water: Scotland recycles 72,000 contaminated single-use plastic bottles in a world-first move as new technology targets Petri dishes and pipette tips |
Scotland is taking a new approach to laboratory plastic waste. A new recycling system has already processed around…
Partial lunar eclipse Aug. 27-28 live updates
2026-08-24T07:35:40.714Z 3 days to go! Here’s everything you need to know 3 days until the partial lunar eclipse,…
Japan develops its first neutral-atom quantum computer
Japanese researchers are making headway in the field of quantum computing, or systems that are much faster at…
An Australian family noticed snakes disappearing into a backyard mulch pile; snake catchers found 102 venomous snakes underneath | World News
A few snakes disappearing into a backyard mulch pile had seemed like a worrying but manageable problem for…
Rome, penguins and planets feature in Museums Victoria school holiday program
Discover new worlds at Museums Victoria these school holidays. Source: Museums Victoria | Photographer: Eugene Hyland Museums Victoria…
Plastic producers must clean up their own mess
Every year, Bangladesh produces around 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste, of which only about 40 percent is recycled.…