Pillars of Creation ‘dying in starbirth’
SCIENTISTS have dissected one of astronomy’s most famous images and discovered a tragic side to the story of the evolution of stars.
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Watch a spacecraft in its death-dive
AN out-of-control Russian spacecraft is likely to be visible over Australia’s major cities before its anticipated crash-down later this week.
F-35 jet already ‘needs an upgrade’
NEW engines. New avionics. New radar. That’s the US Air Force shopping list of upgrades for a jet that isn’t even finished yet: The controversial F-35 stealth fighter.
The real people living as vampires
THEY hide in plain sight, feeding on real blood and sporting fangs. But are these people monsters? One academic has stepped into their world to find out.
Ghosts in space tell tales
HUBBLE has seen a ghost. It’s eerie. It’s green. It’s from a dead quasar. So what is this spooky presence in our night skies?
‘The moon is innocent’
THINK there’s a connection between the full moon and human behaviour? Think again, scientists say: You’re suffering from ‘poor brain hygiene’.
‘King hit’ makes probe see stars
THE Rosetta space probe has had a near-death experience after being ‘king hit’ on a close pass with a comet.
When Easter Bunny is out to get you
EASTER: It’s when myths collide. So what are the origins of the mishmash of marketing, fable and religion we get fed at this time every year? You could be surprised.
Enjoy Easter. It could be your last
“THE sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord comes.” That day could be this Sunday.
The ghostly heart of our universe
THE UNIVERSE just got a whole lot spookier. The invisible structure holding everything together has been shown to be insubstantial — passing through itself as well as everything else.
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