Curiosity rover searches for new clues about Mars’ ancient water
NASA's Curiosity rover has begun exploring a new region of Mars, one that could reveal more about when liquid water disappeared once and for...
How gravitational waves shape human’s existence
Have you ever wondered how some of the basic elements that make up our bodies and the world around us came to be?
A group...
Scientists discover ancient stardust in meteorite, offering clues to supernova origins
Scientists from Curtin University have made an incredible discovery: a rare piece of dust within an ancient meteorite, revealing secrets from a star far...
‘Space snowman’ reveals how some dormant deep space objects become ‘ice bombs’
A new study is shaking up what scientists thought they knew about distant objects in the far reaches of the solar system, starting with...
How to plan the optimal path for spacecraft beyond the sun’s reach
Imagine living in a house with a special shield that protects you from harmful things outside. Our solar system has something quite similar called...
Scientists discover the Milky Way’s smallest, faintest satellite galaxy
The Milky Way has many satellite galaxies, most notably the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.
They’re both visible to the naked eye from the southern...
This supernova lit up the sky in 1181. Here’s what it looks like now
Historical astronomical records from China and Japan recorded a supernova explosion in the year 1181.
It was in the constellation Cassiopeia and it shone as...
Astronomers catch a supernova explode almost in realtime
Catching a supernova in action is tricky business. There is no way to predict them, and they don’t occur very often.
Within the Milky Way...
Neutron stars are jetting material away at 40% the speed of light
It’s a well known fact that black holes absorb anything that falls into them.
Often before material ‘vanishes’ inside it forms into an accretion disk...
Scientists find a large black hole that “hiccups,” giving off plumes of gas.
Far away in a distant galaxy, about 800 million light years from Earth, a supermassive black hole has been caught behaving oddly, almost like...