The turbulent life of two supermassive black holes caught in a galaxy crash

An international team of astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to create the most…

Bushfires have reshaped life on Earth before—they could do it again

The catastrophic bushfires raging across much of Australia have not only taken a huge human and…

Flying observatory maps the Milky Way

A new panoramic image based on data captured by NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)…

Rethinking climate modelling to prepare for even hotter temperatures

Improper adoption of climate impact modeling could leave us ill prepared for even higher temperatures and…

New evidence shows that the key assumption made in the discovery of dark energy is in error

The most direct and strongest evidence for the accelerating universe with dark energy is provided by…

Indonesian arrested selling Sumatran tiger skin

An Indonesian caught trying to sell the skin of a critically endangered Sumatran tiger has been…

Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, study suggests

The mysterious disappearance of Greenland’s Norse colonies sometime in the 15th century may have been down…

Troops deployed across fire-hit Australia after horror weekend

Reserve troops were deployed to fire-ravaged regions across three Australian states on Monday after a torrid…

Counting whales from space pitched as key to saving them

An aquarium and an engineering firm in Massachusetts are partnering on a project to better protect…

Illegal hunting and bushmeat trade threatens biodiversity and wildlife of Angola

Hunting wild animals has been practised by humans for millions of years; however, the extraction of…