Outfoxed: How well do you know your native animals? Australians’ questionable quoll knowledge exposed | Wildlife
Most people identify wombats and kangaroos as Australian animals, but one in six people surveyed in Queensland, New…
Mars rovers give scientists a ground-level view of the red planet – peek inside their NASA control room
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used two cameras to create this selfie in front of Mont Mercou, a tall…
How black holes can fuel star formation instead of shutting it down
Black holes can suppress star formation, but nine nearby galaxies reveal how their outflows could also help trigger…
Mars’s Ancient Clay Holds the Same Organic Molecules That May Have Sparked Life on Earth
A large group of scientists, including astrobiologists at the University of Florida, geophysicists and engineers at NASA’s Jet…
Flooding occurred five times at Moa Point in months leading to the failure, new report reveals
A newly-released report into the Moa Point failure reveals flooding occurred five times at the sewage treatment plant…
Early Solar System space rocks had up to 92% rocky chondrules as natural sorting separated them from ice-rich dust; new study finds |
During the Solar System’s first million years, its earliest outer worlds appear to have formed from a carefully…
Kaikōura’s little penguins left off bird flu vaccine list
Kaikōura wildlife advocates are disappointed the district’s little penguins have been left off the Government’s avian flu vaccination…
Bright centres of galaxies powered by black holes devouring space – and they’re the nearly as old as the Universe itself
Scientists have found 31 of the most ancient quasars ever recorded, including two dating back to when the…
The Independent Climate 100 List 2026
When record breaking weather becomes our new normal, the detrimental effect the climate crisis is having on the…
Starwatch: Autumnal equinox in northern hemisphere, spring in the south | Astronomy
The September or autumnal equinox takes place this week. It marks the astronomical beginning of autumn in the…
Wallabies, catfish, crabs: Pest report card reveals wins and losses
Wallabies have been eradicated in one forest and a lake restored – but catfish, crabs and some pest…
XRISM measured gas plunging toward pulsar GX 301−2 at 540,000 km/h as it crossed Wray 977’s stellar wind—and found evidence that its turbulent disk breaks apart before rebuilding in the opposite direction.
XRISM recorded plasma falling towards the X-ray pulsar GX 301−2 at least 540,000 kilometres per hour while the…