Less secrecy could help astronomy stop the bullying and harassment within its ranks
Nov 23, 2016 03:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Shocking allegations of bullying, harassment and sexual assault at CSIROs Astronomy and Space Sciences (CASS) division were revealed on Sunday by the ABCs Background Briefing program. In CASS alone, the Radio National...
If we find ET, don't talk to it, says the man who wants to find ET
Nov 20, 2016 23:00 pm UTC| Science
The question of whether there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe has been asked by people for many years. But if we hear something, should we answer? In the absence of any signal from them, should we try to...
Are aliens trying to tell us something? Brightest burst of radio waves detected
Nov 18, 2016 09:54 am UTC| Science
The search for mysterious fast radio bursts very brief but intense pulses of radio waves from outer space is heating up. Nobody knows what causes these powerful bursts, but some have even speculated that the signals...
Why Pluto may have a large ocean beneath its icy surface
Nov 18, 2016 09:52 am UTC| Science
It may have been more than a year since NASAs New Horizon spacecraft whizzed past Pluto, but the data it captured is still helping space scientists make important new discoveries about the enigmatic dwarf planet. Now two...
Stephen Hawking Reveals When Humans Will Be Extinct, Relocations Is A Must
Nov 17, 2016 10:00 am UTC| Science
Some experts in the scientific community have expressed their belief that humanity is facing extinction, but no one could say exactly when this would happen, until now. Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking just revealed that...
Asteroid Mining By Private Corporations Now Allowed Under Luxembourg Law
Nov 16, 2016 10:38 am UTC| Science
Mining asteroids has been a long-standing dream among international corporations that have a stake in valuable minerals and metals. Now, Luxembourg has granted said companies the rights to actually do this. All they have...
Why CSI: Space will be a far greater challenge than forensic science on Earth
Nov 14, 2016 22:00 pm UTC| Law Science
At the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation centre, NASA has just concluded the latest year-long study into the effects of long-term isolation in space. The research is primarily focused on examining...