First Australian death of little penguin with H5 bird flu confirmed on Phillip Island | Bird flu
Australia’s first case of the deadly H5 bird flu in a little penguin has been confirmed on Victoria’s…
Astronauts’ weight-bearing bones lose around 1 to 1.5 percent of their mineral density every month in microgravity — and with a journey to Mars potentially lasting nine months, their bodies could already be substantially deconditioned before they take a single step on another planet.
Astronauts do not lose bone evenly in microgravity. The largest changes occur in structures that normally support body…
Consumers urged to conserve water in the West
People across Western counties are today being urged to continue conserving water as warm and dry conditions continue…
The solar eclipse over Big Ben. Photographer captures the Moon passing in front of the Sun over London
A photographer has captured a composite image showing the stages of the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse over…
30 big cats are prepared to be transported from Argentina to South Africa and the United States
A global animal welfare organization initiated the relocation of 30 big cats from the former Zoo Luján in…
Voyager 1 isn’t dying because anything failed — nearly 50 years of interstellar travel and every original system still works. The mission is ending because a plutonium battery losing 4 watts a year eventually runs out of watts
Voyager 1 is still operating, and the predictable decline of its nuclear power supply is the mission’s central…
Heartwarming story of the man whose heatwave lawn will leave you green with envy. He’s just lost his wife of 50 years and has had six new hips – but even the drought hasn’t stopped Stuart creating perfection. So how DOES he do it?
The view from above is extraordinary. While there are scorched gardens and tinder-dry fields as far as the…
A planet called WASP-127b, roughly 520 light-years from Earth, has a jet stream ripping around its equator at up to 33,000 km/h — more than 18 times faster than Neptune’s winds, the fastest found anywhere in our own Solar System.
Astronomers have measured atmospheric motion around the equator of WASP-127b at close to 9 kilometres per second, about…
A shark clamped onto a 12-year-old 60 miles from help. His brother’s split-second move saved him.
Jack Roll, of Friendswood, Texas, saw it before anyone else and decided it was nothing. He took the…
Stealing Hitler’s Rocket: Thoroughly engaging story of frantic race to smuggle out a V-2 – The Irish Times
Stealing Hitler’s Rocket Author: Guy Walters ISBN-13: 978-1035910854 Publisher: Head of Zeus Guideline Price: £25; 304pp On July…
Buildings collapse, residents flee: Videos show moment magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit Indonesia; 5 killed
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 hit the coast of Indonesia early Saturday and killed at least five…
SpaceX’s Starship generates more than twice the thrust of the Saturn V that carried humans to the Moon, yet after 13 test flights it still hasn’t demonstrated ship-to-ship refueling in orbit — one of the biggest technical hurdles standing between Starship and Mars.
SpaceX’s Starship V3 leaves its launch pad with roughly 18 million pounds of thrust. NASA credits the Saturn…