Giant atoms could help unveil 'dark matter' and other cosmic secrets
Jan 06, 2017 06:08 am UTC| Science
The universe is an astonishingly secretive place. Mysterious substances known as dark matter and dark energy account for some 95% of it. Despite huge effort to find out what they are, we simply dont know. We know dark...
New insight into elusive antimatter can help unravel universe's mysteries
Jan 03, 2017 13:48 pm UTC| Science
Physicists have believed that the universe is made of both matter and antimatter since the 1930s. While we are well aware of what the physical matter is, antimatter has remained an elusive substance. But that is about...
Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2017
Jan 02, 2017 11:23 am UTC| Science
After a disappointing 2016, when most of the annual major meteor showers were washed out by moonlight, 2017 looks far more promising. Of the big three, the Quadrantids in January and Geminids in December are both...
2016: the year in space and astronomy
Dec 28, 2016 15:36 pm UTC| Science
The achievements of astrophysicists this year were as groundbreaking as they were varied. From reuniting a lander with a mothership on a comet, to seeing the most extreme cosmic events with gravitational waves, 2016 was...
Scientists To Spend $1M To Chat With Aliens
Dec 27, 2016 06:34 am UTC| Science
Scientists have been aiming sensors and giant microphones at space hoping to catch some sort of signal that would signify the existence of extraterrestrial beings for years. Its basically a decades-long version of waiting...
8 space reasons to look up in 2017
Dec 25, 2016 04:02 am UTC| Science
Its been a rough 2016 on Earth so I wanted to share (just some of) my reasons why I think we should celebrate New Years as 2017 is looking incredibly exciting. Everything from meteor showers and eclipses to epic space...
Antimatter breakthrough sheds light on matter's shadowy twin
Dec 21, 2016 15:16 pm UTC| Science
It is a particularly exciting time to be a physicist, particularly in Australia. In mid-2012, the Higgs boson was discovered at CERN, and physicists from Melbourne contributed to the development of the ATLAS detector that...