The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to deliver stunning images of the universe, demonstrating that the years of development and delays were well worth the wait. The latest comes from Judy… [+4064 chars]
Astronomers at Western Sydney University have discovered one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky. Spanning more than a million light years from end to end, the jet shoots away from a black hol… [+3855 chars]
Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory have captured new images with the VLT telescope of the result of a spectacular cosmic collision: the galaxy NGC 7727. This giant was born from the m… [+2600 chars]
UNITED STATES: In 2019, astronomers teamed up to create the most powerful telescope ever, which they dispersed over the globe. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) initially saw a supermassive black hol… [+2763 chars]
In the Sacred Monkey Forest of Bali, food is everywhere and masturbation is rampant. The thousand or so long-tailed macaques that live in this hotbed of hedonism have it really, really good. Every … [+3849 chars]
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have designed a compact multi-petawatt laser that uses plasma transmission gratings to overcome the power limitations of conventional solid-s… [+5036 chars]
Kagome’s are a material whose structure is named after a traditional Japanese basket weaving technique. The weaving creates a pattern of hexagons bordered by triangles and vice versa. In Kagome metal… [+2949 chars]
Some think mammals arose on Earth after dinosaurs were wiped out by the fast climatic and environmental changes which followed the gigantic asteroid strike 66 million years ago. But as Steve Brusatte… [+743 chars]
Impacts affect the porosity and structure of moons and planets more dramatically than scientists suspected, increasing their potential habitability for life. Studying how those impacts affect planeta… [+2800 chars]
UNITED STATES: In 2019, astronomers teamed up to create the most powerful telescope ever, which they dispersed over the globe. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) initially saw a supermassive black hol… [+2763 chars]
T cells are our immune systems customised tools for fighting infectious diseases and tumour cells. On their surface, these special white blood cells carry a receptor that recognises antigens. With th… [+4682 chars]