Michelle Starr
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Sydney, NSW, Australia
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JWST Has Found Life's Elemental Building Blocks in The Depths of Darkest Space
JWST's unparalleled ability to peer into the shrouded hearts of distant clouds has revealed the elements of biochemistry in the coldest and darkest place we've seen them yet. → Read More
Scientists Reveal The Most Distant Galaxy We've Ever Found
A galaxy whose light has traveled nearly 13.5 billion years to reach us has just been confirmed as the earliest galaxy found to date. → Read More
Ripples in Space-Time Could Actually Reveal When Time Began
The propagation of gravitational waves through matter could reveal the ripples in space-time generated by the Big Bang. → Read More
Scientists Create Shapeshifting Humanoid Robot That Can Liquefy And Reform
Scientists have made a breakthrough in robotics: a shapeshifting robot that can switch between liquid and metal states to navigate tricky environments without compromising on strength. → Read More
Astronomers Just Realized The Milky Way Is Too Big For Its Surroundings
Our home, the Milky Way, doesn't seem particularly odd for a galaxy. → Read More
Physicists Break Record Firing a Laser Down Their University Corridor
Physicists have just set a new record confining a self-focused laser pulse to a cage of air, down the length of a 45 meter-long (148 foot-long) university corridor. → Read More
Great White Sharks Are Being Scared From Their Habitat by Just 2 Predators
There is no sea creature whose name inspires terror – rightly or wrongly – as much as the great white shark. → Read More
Massive Volcanic Outburst Detected on Jupiter's Hellish Moon Io
The most powerful volcanic eruptions in the Solar System occur not on Earth, but on Io, a sulfurous moon orbiting the planet Jupiter. → Read More
Astronomers May Have Solved The Mystery of The Bubbles Towering Over The Milky Way
When the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope entered low-Earth orbit in 2008, it opened our eyes to a whole new Universe of high-energy radiation. → Read More
We Finally Know How Ancient Roman Concrete Was So Durable
The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. → Read More
Ghost Light From Homeless Stars Glimmered Even in The Early Universe
There's a lot more out there in space than immediately meets the eye. → Read More
We May Be Able to Find Life on Enceladus Without Even Landing
Saturn's moon Enceladus is one of the Solar System's prime extraterrestrial locations for life to thrive. → Read More
There's One Thing Dogs Don't Use Their Tail For, Scientists Say
Tails come in many shapes, strengths, and sizes. → Read More
Cut Marks on Ancient Bones Reveal What Was in Fashion 320,000 Years Ago
Ancient bones retrieved from an archaeological site in Germany suggest that archaic humans were peeling bears for their skins at least 320,000 years ago. → Read More
We're on The Brink of Hearing The Universe's Background Hum. Here's Why We're Listening
The Universe should be humming. → Read More
Scientists Grew Stem Cell 'Mini Brains' And Then The Brains Sort-of Developed Eyes
Mini brains grown in a lab from stem cells spontaneously developed rudimentary eye structures, scientists reported in a fascinating 2021 paper. → Read More
The Color of Wolves Mysteriously Changes Across America. We Finally Know Why
Guessing the color of the coat of a gray wolf seems like a no-brainer. → Read More
Water From The Sun Has Been Found on The Moon
A new analysis of dust retrieved from the Moon suggests that water bound up in the lunar surface could originate with the Sun. → Read More
Astronomers Just Got an Unusually Close Look At a Black Hole Devouring a Passing Star
Back in March of 2021, a star in a galaxy 250 million light-years away was seen having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day indeed. → Read More
Monkey Experiment Reveals a Brain Switch That Could Be Useful For Space Travel
For humans to ever venture out among the stars, we will have to solve some hefty logistical problems. → Read More