*How our solar system was formed
Astronomers have shed new light on how solar systems are formed.
*Plasma-spewing quasar
Astronomers have discovered a quasar – located almost 13 billion light years away – generating the brightest radio emissions ever observed in the early universe.
*LHC accelerates its first atoms
The world’s largest atom smasher has begun accelerating heavy lead atoms for the first time.
*Blue Origin undertakes ninth test flight.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard space tourism launch system has undertaken its ninth test flight setting a new program altitude record of 118 kilometres.
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*Falcon 9’s record setting launch
SpaceX has set a new record launching the largest commercial satellite ever flown by the Falcon 9 rocket.
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*The Science Report
Climate change feedback loops expected to make things even worse than already predicted.
Calls for new blood pressure guidelines.
Australian mathematician Akshay Venkatesh wins the Fields Medal.
No association found between high frequency electromagnetic fields in the workplace and brain tumors.
Dogs are capable of understanding the emotions behind an expression on a human face.
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*No firewalls around black holes
Scientists skeptical about the black hole firewall hypothesis say their calculations have found a flaw in the firewall argument.
*First successful test of General Relativity near a supermassive black hole
There’s an old saying in physics – it never pays to bet against Albert Einstein. And that’s been proven right yet again with observations of stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy -- confirming Professor Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.
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*East coast meteor seen by thousands
The east coast of New South Wales has witnessed a spectacular celestial show with a fireball streaking across the evening sky.
*Virgin Galactic VSS Unity undertakes its third rocket powered flight
Virgin Galactic’ space plane -- the VSS Unity – has carried out its third powered test flight.
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*SpaceX launches seventh Iridium mission
SpaceX has successfully placed ten more Iridium Next telecommunications satellites into orbit just three days after launching its largest ever payload – the Telstar 19 Vantage.
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*The Science Report
A new type of anti-cancer drugs that put cancer cells into a permanent sleep.
Critically endangered swift parrot threatened with extinction due to politicians bureaucrats and loggers.
Just 13 per cent of the world's oceans still classified as wilderness.
Confirmation that dogs show empathy when their owners are in distress or trouble.
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