A new analysis of white dwarf stars supports their role as a key source of carbon, an element crucial to all life, in the Milky Way and other galaxies.
Findings from a study published today in Nature Astronomy show that the final breaths of these dying stars, called white dwarfs,...
An analysis of four ancient skulls found in Mexico suggests that the first humans to settle in North America were more biologically diverse than scientists had previously believed.
The skulls were from individuals who lived 9,000 to 13,000 years ago, in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene eras.
These findings complicate...
A naked Canadian tourist has been arrested in Byron Bay for headbutting the windscreen of police car in Byron Bay.
Police say drugs like crystal methamphetamine are to blame and have warned residents against their harmful effects.
In one incident at Byron Bay, police responded to reports of a concern for...
Independent weather researcher Mila Zinkova is raising the question of whether the aurora borealis played a role in the events that led to the sinking of the Titanic. In her paper published in the journal Weather, Zinkova suggests it is possible that the aurora borealis interfered with navigational systems,...
Aaron Fairweather has 27 colonies of ants to keep happy in the living room by getting the temperature, humidity and light just right although the environment at home may not feel quite as comfortable as in a lab.
The PhD entomology student from the University of Guelph said it was...
Even more so than in previous years, finding a next-generation game console is going to be incredibly difficult this fall. Preorders for the PS5 and Xbox Series X sold out almost immediately, and all those who missed out are now crossing their fingers and hoping they can snag a...
Actor Jamie Foxx is mourning the loss of his younger sister DeOndra Dixon, who has died at 36.
The Oscar winner shared on Instagram, “My heart is shattered into a million pieces... my beautiful loving sister Deondra has transitioned… I say transitioned because she will always be alive... anyone who...
Life on Earth has a long, but also an extremely turbulent history. On more than one occasion, the majority of all species became extinct and an already highly developed biodiversity shrank to a minimum again, changing the course of evolution each time. The most extensive mass extinction took place...
As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on December 14, 2020, unbeknownst to skywatchers, a little tiny speck was flying past the Sun — a recently discovered comet.
This comet was first spotted in satellite data by Thai amateur astronomer Worachate Boonplod on the NASA-funded Sungrazer Project —...
