A team of physicists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria has now identified what breaks that symmetry: a thin, ...
From mist-covered alpine peaks to salt-sprayed coasts, Australia's Victoria wine region's diverse landscapes produce an elite mosaic of world-class wines.
Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of space debris – and what we need to do about it Jettisoned junk A pallet of old batteries released into space from the ...
A rare meteorite worth millions was nearly lost to the black market after being declared as basic backyard decor.
When Anastasios Tzanidakis was sifting through some older telescope observations, he stumbled across something that should ...
The collision bears a striking resemblance to the one thought to have created the Earth and Moon about 4.5 billion years ago.
It all started when a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington found a Sun-like star behaving strangely.
A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite crashes through the roof of a house in Georgia, revealing clues about the origin of the Solar System.
A seemingly regular, Sun-like star began acting really weird, flickering haphazardly as its light faded in and out. The cause of the star’s strange behavior may have been a cosmic catastrophe that’s ...
Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created Earth's moon.
Scientists observe a dramatic collision between two planets, offering insights into the formation of Earth's Moon 4.5 billion years ago.