The world's most powerful radio telescope could find a home in Western Australia if it wins over other countries including South Africa to host the massive Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope.
Recent probing into the age of volcanoes has verified that Western Victoria and South Australia are overdue for an eruption that could potentially affect thousands of local residents.
A joint research conducted by Australian and European experts suggested that banana cross-breeding will lead to improved production and make the crop more robust in deflecting pests and diseases.
Blame it to the camel, which according to an Aussie firm, contributes as much as one tonne of carbon dioxide emission each year to the country’s atmosphere basing on their last accounted population of about 1.2 million heads.
The plausibility of life on Mars has been put forward with NASA scientists seeing new evidence that suggests traces of water on Mars are under a thin layer of rust similar to conditions found on desert rocks in California's Mojave Desert.
Ice sheets frozen for million of years could disappear sooner than we thought as a new study showed that apart from the ‘melting’ effect of global warming on Earth’s poles, the warming water beneath the polar ice reserves could also drastically speed up their evaporation.
A study by British researchers at Southampton University have identified countries that would be most affected in the wake of an asteroid hit on Earth.
Astronomers have discovered that galaxies in the distant universe continuously ingested their star-making fuel over long periods of time like grazing cows. This goes against previous theories that galaxies devoured their fuel like voracious tigers in quick bursts after run-ins with other galaxies.
It appears that Earth just escaped a likely ‘doomsday scenario’ as the US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported that an asteroid missed the planet by a hairline on Monday.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found evidence that one of Saturn's moons could actually support life. Enceladus, one of the ringed planets 62 moons may prove to hold the answer to one of astronomy's biggest question: is there life out there?
NASA says it will give 30 of its Twitter followers a chance to test their skills at space shuttle ascent, rendezvous or landing aboard the same simulator astronauts use to train for their missions.
On Sunday, a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the coast of Indonesia's Papua province. There were no immediate reports of damage or tsunami warnings issued.Aside from Indonesia, during the past week moderate to strong earthquakes have hit Japan; nations in the Pacific like Fiji; Latin American countries like Chile and Argentina; Alaska in the United States; and even Antartica.
The Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica’s biggest glacier, is melting 50 percent faster than in 1994, adding to a global increase in sea levels, by U.S. and U.K. scientists said in a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
A UC San Diego research team has discovered a solar variability law that has the potential of predicting fluctuations in the power generating capacity of solar arrays as a result of cloud cover and other sunlight-blocking factors.
The best evidence yet for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn's moon Enceladus has been recently discovered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The data came from the spacecraft's direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon.
It seems like a far-fetched dream this time but we could soon have an everlasting battery in our electronics. In a recent study by researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, piezoelectric thin films are able to turn mechanical pressure into electricity. The study is published in the June issue of Advanced Functional Materials.
Imagine a future where recharging your iPhone, iPad or Macbook could be as easy as typing a tweet. Impossible? Think again.
Passengers looking to travel from London to Sydney in just three and a-half-hours will finally have an option in the world's first hypersonic passenger jet. Aerospace group EADS revealed the hypersonic jet which uses rocket engines used in missiles will be able to fly in speeds of 5029km per hour more than the speed of sound, Reuters' reports.
NASA has released images featuring a star being a gobbled up by a black hole.
A week after ash clouds canceled flights in Australia and New Zealand, flights are returning normal as the ash clouds have moved away. Australia's Qantas resumed domestic flights resumed June 16. Jetstar, Virgin Australia, and Air New Zealand have also restarted flights. The ash clouds reached South Africa on Saturday, and South African Airways promptly suspended flights.
Data from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, is giving NASA scientists important clues to the origin of Mercury and its geological history, and helping them better understand its dynamic interior and exterior processes.
A stellar cosmic outburst first detected by NASA on late March this year has been determined by scientists as a star, almost the same size of the solar system’s sun, which was gobbled up by a previously dormant black hole.
Astronomers found the first direct evidence that massive black holes were common in the early universe using the deepest X-ray image ever taken.
Stargazers all over Australia woke early this morning eagerly looking forward to the first lunar eclipse of the year and for those who saw it, they were not disappointed.
Australian flights resumed today, with the dense, low level ash cloud that affected flights in and out of Perth Airport overnight (15 June) now cleared.
The total lunar eclipse expected to occur early morning on June 16 and last around 100 minutes for residents of Western Australia could be more interesting than previously tipped.
A total lunar eclipse is already an awe inspiring sight but with the volcanic ash from the Iceland and Chile eruptions adding to the moon's hue, today's total moon eclipse could be one for the ages. Observers will be looking at dark, blood red moon as it passes through the Earth's shadow tomorrow morning.
Ash from Chile’s Puyehue volcano continues to disrupt Australian air travel.
Wednesday marks the first of the two total lunar eclipses that the world will witness this year, with the latest this month set to be seen by millions in the countries located in Asia, the Middle East region, Africa and Australia.
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