Digging into the molecules of fossilized dinosaur eggshells

Dinosaurs roamed the Earth more than 65 million years ago, and paleontologists and amateur fossil hunters…

A fast-expanding Type Ia supernova exploded in NGC 474, study finds

Using ground-based facilities, astronomers from China and elsewhere have conducted extensive optical photometric and spectroscopic observations…

Slowing down grape ripening can improve berry quality for winemaking

Wine grapes are particularly finicky when it comes to their environment. For instance, heatwaves and droughts…

Picturing Our Solar System's Asteroid Belt

Today is International Asteroid Day! Click here for original story, Picturing Our Solar System’s…

One third of migrant and refugee women experience domestic violence, major survey reveals

A third of migrant and refugee women in a new survey said they experienced some form…

'Plugging in' to produce environmentally friendly bioplastics

Bioplastics—biodegradable plastics made from biological substances rather than petroleum—can be created in a more economical and…

267 million people worldwide at risk from sea-level rise

Worldwide, 267 million people live on land less than two meters above sea level, which is…

Lifting the clouds on land clearing and biodiversity loss

QUT researchers have developed a new machine learning mathematical system that helps to identify and detect…

Unique use of ESA spacecraft 'housekeeping' data reveals cosmic ray behaviour

Using data originally gathered for spacecraft ‘housekeeping’ aboard ESA’s Rosetta and Mars Express missions, scientists have…

Abnormally high alcohol and mystery heat source detected on comet wirtanen

Comet 46P/Wirtanen was releasing an unusual amount of alcohol as it made its historic flyby of…