image: A Letter-winged kite flying at daylight. Photo: Michael Jury (www.mykelphotography.com.au)view more Credit: Michael Jury (www.mykelphotography.com.au) The world’s only nocturnal hawk – Aust… [+4052 chars]
Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system, has been looming close to the sun for billions of years and has conditions impossible to support life. And it is this extreme vicinity to the sun tha… [+2494 chars]
For the past ten years, NASA's Curiosity rover has been trundling around the surface of Mars, taking photos in its quest to understand the history and geology of the red planet and perhaps even find … [+4212 chars]
By far my favourite thing about my job as an astronomer is those rare moments when I get to see beautiful distant galaxies, whose light left them millions to billions of years ago. Its a combination … [+5120 chars]
With Phase B1 now underway, the detailed mission design and final technology development activities for the gravitational wave observatory are due to be completed by 2024, with launch planned for the… [+2073 chars]
Fast radio bursts are one of the biggest cosmic mysteries of our time. They're extremely powerful but extremely brief explosions of electromagnetic radiation in radio wavelengths, discharging in mill… [+5210 chars]
The GSU research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is set out to find about the biology behind the social behaviour of mammals. The scientists used Syrian hamster… [+1593 chars]
Researchers at TU Wien have developed a novel method that is suitable for the mechanical tensile testing of micro and nanofibers. The special feature: Samples can be reversibly coupled to and uncoupl… [+4805 chars]
Whether it is your bike or a garden fork that you forgot to put away, most of us are familiar with the rapid rusting that happens when iron-containing objects are exposed to the elements. But it isn… [+1051 chars]
Researchers at TU Wien have developed a novel method that is suitable for the mechanical tensile testing of micro and nanofibers. The special feature: Samples can be reversibly coupled to and uncoupl… [+4805 chars]
Mustelids are the most ecologically and taxonomically diverse family within the order Carnivora. From the tayra in the neotropics to the wolverine in the subarctic, they inhabit a variety of ecologic… [+4867 chars]
What is it like to be on the surface of Mars or Venus? Or even further afield, such as on Pluto, or Saturns moon Titan? This curiosity has driven advances in space exploration since Sputnik 1 was la… [+5003 chars]
