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PERTH: The 2000km-long chain, which started forming 33m years ago, runs along the country’s east from the Whitsundays in Queensland...

Ancient, giant virus discovered in melting Arctic ice

NEW YORK: The ancient, giant virus recently discovered in melting Arctic ice is not going to kill you. But here's...

Global temperature records continue to tumble

FRANCE: Global temperature records continue to tumble, with August easily the hottest in 124 years of data, Japan's Meteorological Agency...

New species of ancient human discovered in South Africa

HONG KONG: Last Thursday, the world said hello to Homo naledi, a new species of ancient human discovered in South...

Elon Musk plans to launch 4,000 satellites into space

WASHINGTON: Entrepreneur and freaky genius, Elon Musk has made a formal request to launch 4,000 satellites into space, to bring...

Image of complex composition of spiral galaxy, release

FRANCE: An amazing view of the well-known galaxy Messier 63 has been produced by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The...

Astronomers successfully peer through ‘amniotic sac’ of star

EUROPE: Astronomers have successfully peered through the 'amniotic sac' of a star that is still forming to observe the innermost...

Archaeologists unearth 10,000 years old stone tools

PARIS: Archaeologists, who were originally assigned on a salmon-restoration mission, were able to unearth stone tools near Seattle that are...

Breathtaking view of Grand Canyon from edge of space captured by GoPro

CANADA: More than two years after a GoPro-fitted weather balloon was sent to the edge of space, the camera that...

New photos of Pluto reveal geological diversity

CANADA: Scientists revealed Saturday the new, high resolution photos of Pluto taken from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. The new images...

Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning image of sunflower galaxy

FRANCE: An amazing view of the well-known galaxy Messier 63 has been produced by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The...

Scientists discovered 1st first massive binary star

FRANCE: Scientists have discovered the first massive binary star, epsilon Lupi, in which both stars have magnetic fields. A binary...

NASA’s New Horizons reveals high-resolution images of Pluto’s surface

LONDON: New, high-resolution images of the surface of Pluto beamed from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft reveal unparalleled geographical variety --...

3 crew members from ISS land safely on Earth

WASHINGTON: Armed with key human research experiments, three crew members from the International Space Station (ISS) landed safely on Earth....

Scientists disclose Mystery of Io’s “Misplaced” volcanoes

MEXICO: Tides flowing in a subsurface ocean of molten rock, or magma, could explain why Jupiter’s moon Io appears to...

‘Superhenge’ that is much larger than original Stonehenge discovered in England

FRANCE: Just a couple of days ago, it was revealed by a team of archaeologists that they have indeed unearthed...

Next two years could be hottest, researchers

HARROW: The next two years could be the hottest on record globally, says research from the UK's Met Office. It...

HST creates stunning view of famous galaxy Messier 63

WASHINGTON: The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has recently produced a stunning view of the famous galaxy Messier 63, also known...

Spacecraft recently spotted small but ‘complex mass of plasma’

HONG KONG: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observator (SDO) has recently captured a breathtaking video of the sun. The spacecraft recently spotted...

Giant virus found in 30,000 -year -old ancient permafrost