Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the centre of Messier 87 and its shadow. Event Horizon ...

Now, NASA has released tens major health risks facing the professionals as they continue their long-drawn-out odyssey. And it ...

Analysis - There is a supermassive black hole at the centre of nearly every big galaxy - including ours, the Milky Way (it's called Sagittarius A*). Supermassive black holes are the densest objects in ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers at Keele University say these ...

Scientists have sent nanoemulsion formulations on a space flight to investigate whether chitosan – a material derived from shrimp and widely used to control the release of medications – performs well ...

Scientists have possibly solved the mystery of the Indian Ocean Geoid Low, a large gravity anomaly discovered in 1948. They ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

A massive 'gravity hole' pulling down the Indian Ocean has stumped scientists for years, but the mystery may have just been ...

After spending nine months in space, Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore are all set to return to ...

Fortescue-backed HyTerra (ASX:HYT) has pinpointed April to spud the first wells of a multi-well exploration program at its ...