Astronomers see 'skeleton' of the universe
Astronomers have for the first time seen part of the 'cosmic web' of galaxies that holds together the known universe, some seven billion light-years from Earth.
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Mars gullies flow with Martian mud
Martian water most likely flowed as slurries of mud rather than trickling streams, according to a recent NASA report.
The report, which compared signs of recent water
Astronomers spot most faraway object
Scientists have observed the most distant object in the universe, thought to come from a star that exploded more than 13 billion years ago.
The research team, which in
Ares rocket passes first hurdle
NASA's new Ares 1-X test rocket has successfully blasted off into cloudy skies from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida this morning.
The Ares rocket will eventually r
'Father of Wi-Fi' awarded PM science prize
The inventor of high-speed wireless networks has been awarded Australia's Prime Minister's Science Prize for 2009.
Electrical engineer Dr John O'Sullivan of
How Galileo's spy glass upended science
The telescope Galileo used 400 years ago this week to peer into the heavens changed our perception of the Universe and our place in it.
Amazingly, his 'optick tube' ma
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