How big can a star grow? Not as huge as we imagined, it turns out. The sharpest images ever taken of the biggest known star indicate the upper limit to a sun's mass is probably a lot smaller than pr… [+4128 chars]
If you think observing a supermoon or meteoric show is too basic, then there's a stargazing event happening tonight, just for you! At night, the asteroid Vesta will enter in opposition with the sun.… [+1344 chars]
Using lasers smaller than human hair to target microscopic grains of a mineral extracted from beach sand, researchers from Curtin University have discovered an approximately four billion-year-old pie… [+2091 chars]
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft departed Earth over 45 years ago on a mission to the outer planets and beyond. Even now, the adventure is still going on. On August 20, 1977, Voyager 2, the first of two s… [+1830 chars]
The way plants sweat could be a valuable tool in helping us predict how wildfires behave. Thats the conclusion of a recent study published in Global Ecology and Biogeography from researchers at NASAs… [+3250 chars]
Wooden objects are usually made by sawing, carving, bending or pressing. That's so old school! Today, scientists will describe how flat wooden shapes extruded by a 3D printer can be programmed to sel… [+4540 chars]
Using lasers smaller than human hair to target microscopic grains of a mineral extracted from beach sand, researchers from Curtin University have discovered an approximately four billion-year-old pie… [+2091 chars]
New Curtin research has found evidence that Earths early continents resulted from being hit by comets as our Solar System passed into and out of the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy, turning tradi… [+2546 chars]
To see a world in a grain of sand, the opening sentence of the poem by William Blake, is an oft-used phrase that also captures some of what geologists do. We observe the composition of mineral grain… [+6346 chars]
This week NASA shared some audio that allows us to "hear a black hole". The terrifyingly low drone soon went viral on social media, as people felt the weight of the sound and pondered their own insi… [+5423 chars]
Large pieces of plastic can break down into nanosized particles that often find their way into the soil and water. Perhaps less well known is that they can also float in the air. It's unclear how nan… [+4859 chars]
If Nasas giant Space Launch System rocket lifts off from Floridas Kennedy Space Center as planned on Monday, it will become the first vehicle in 50 years capable of carrying humans to the Moon. For … [+6860 chars]
