Strange & Offbeat
Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system
Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar ...View More
James Webb telescope spots Milky Way's long-lost 'twin' — and it is 'fundamentally changing our view of the early universe'
When astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer deep into the early universe, th ...View More
Ever wonder why some meteor showers are so unpredictable?
Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits dispers ...View More
Cosmic twist: The universe could be spinning
A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by researchers including István Sza ...View More
RoboBee comes in for a landing
The Harvard RoboBee has long shown it can fly, dive, and hover like a real insect. But what good is ...View More
Sunscreen, clothes and caves may have helped Homo sapiens survive 41,000 years ago
Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefitted from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves durin ...View More
'Big surprise': Astronomers find planet in perpendicular orbit around pair of stars
Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar ...View More
Crystal clues on Mars point to watery and possibly life-supporting past
A QUT-led study analysing data from NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered compelling evidence of m ...View More
Massive circular tomb filled with battle-scarred people unearthed in Peru
The battle-scarred skeletons of two dozen people have been discovered in Peru, revealing new evidenc ...View More
Scientists find evidence that overturns theories of the origin of water on Earth
University of Oxford researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth origina ...View More
