Two black holes found circling each other
Two colossal black holes appear to be orbiting one another in sort of a cosmic minuet at the centre of a faraway galaxy, say US astronomers.
Dr Todd Boroson and Dr Tod
Earth critters to take a trip to Phobos
No one knows if there is life on Mars, but if all goes well with a Russian science mission later this year, there will be life on the Martian moon Phobos - for a short time an...
Planet hunter ready for take-off
A NASA space telescope capable of finding Earth-sized and smaller planets will draw on Australian expertise to work out which stars to focus on.
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CO2 satellite plummets into ocean
A satellite designed to monitor global carbon dioxide emissions plummeted into the ocean after failing to reach orbit, says NASA, calling it a major disappointment for climate...
Dark energy to erase Big Bang's signal
When astronomers in the distant future cast their eyes around the cosmos, they may come to the conclusion that our galaxy is alone in the universe, according to a leading US c...
Telescope spots biggest gamma-ray blast
NASA's Fermi telescope has detected a massive explosion in space, which scientists say is the biggest gamma-ray burst ever detected.
The spectacular blast, which occur
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