Melting ice falling snow: Sea ice declines enhance snowfall over West Antarctica

As the world continues to warm, Antarctica is losing ice at an increasing pace, but the…

Downloading NASA's dark matter data from above the clouds

Data from a NASA mission to map dark matter around galaxy clusters has been saved by…

US men die 6 years before women, as life expectancy gap widens

We’ve known for more than a century that women outlive men. But new research shows that,…

'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets

How did the molecular building blocks for life end up on Earth? One long-standing theory is…

Karman Space Programme: Reusable rocket built by students is about to launch

The Karman Space Programme team and prototype Vega rocket Enoch Wong/Karman Space Programme A group of…

It’s a great time to see the Cygnus constellation – here’s how

CYGNUS the swan is a beautiful constellation filled with plenty of interesting stars and deep-sky objects.…

Webb Telescope’s Marcia Rieke Awarded Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal

Dr. Marcia Rieke, principal investigator for the Near-Infrared Camera on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is…

Bird of Century: Pūteketeke wins NZ poll after campaign by John Oliver

The pūteketeke won after the US talk show host’s self-described “alarmingly aggressive” campaign. Click…

Webb Telescope’s Marcia Rieke Awarded Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal

Dr. Marcia Rieke, principal investigator for the Near-Infrared Camera on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is…

Comets may bring ingredients for life most easily to clustered planets

Worlds with nearby neighbours can slow comets enough to let the building blocks of life survive…