Scientists settle decade-old proton size mystery with lasers
Physicists at Colorado State University have measured the radius of a hydrogen proton with unprecedented precision, helping resolve…
‘Gateway to full-scale fracking’: Santos could drill for new gas in Northern Territory within weeks | Santos
Santos could begin new drilling for gas in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo basin within weeks after the Finocchiaro…
Student-powered ‘moon’ rovers put to the test photo of the day for June 2, 2026
A team navigates an obstacle course on an Earth-bound rover as part of NASA’s 2026 Human Exploration Rover…
Paper Claims the “Asteroid” Japan’s Probe Is Approaching Is Actually a Derelict Spacecraft
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Paper Claims the “Asteroid” Japan’s Probe Is Approaching Is Actually a Derelict Spacecraft
After successfully rendezvousing with near-Earth asteroid Ryugu in June 2018 and sending a sampled cache of rocks back…
Female dolphins remember who is aggressive when choosing a mating partner, research shows | Dolphins
Female dolphins identify males by their unique calls and keep track of their past behaviour, choosing to avoid…
Endangered crested ibises return to Japanese wild decades after extinction
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SpaceX valued at just $780 billion by Morningstar, less than half its IPO target
SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) just got slapped with a bearish valuation ahead of its monster IPO coming up later this…
Clear evidence found that some supermassive black holes form without a stellar collapse
Black holes were supposed to grow slowly. Scientists believed the first black hole seeds formed after massive stars…
Can you not? Plastic and metal ‘franken-can’ named Australia’s worst packaging at Unpackit awards | Plastics
A single-use plastic and metal drinking vessel dubbed a “franken-can” has been given the dubious honour of the…
The light from the Andromeda Galaxy — the most distant object visible to the naked human eye — left its source about 2.5 million years ago, which means when you look at it on a clear night, you are seeing light that began its journey to Earth around the time the first members of our genus, Homo, were learning to use stone tools
On a clear, moonless autumn night, away from city lights, the patch of sky between the constellations Andromeda…
Physicists achieve ‘perfect randomness’ in breakthrough quantum experiment
Researchers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated a means of generating “perfect randomness” by using entangled superconducting qubits. Creating…