Michelle Starr
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Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Recent articles by Michelle:
In an Astonishing Feat, Astronomers Present Evidence of an Extra-Galactic Planet
In a galaxy 31 million light-years away, astronomers believe they have just found evidence of a planet. → Read More
Jaw-Dropping Direct Image Shows a Baby Exoplanet Over 400 Light-Years Away
Just over 400 light-years away, a baby exoplanet is making its way into the Universe. → Read More
For The First Time Ever, Evidence of Ancient Life Was Discovered Inside a Ruby
A ruby that formed in Earth's crust 2.5 billion years ago encases evidence for early life, wriggling around in the planet's mud. → Read More
Physicists Created a Supernova Reaction on Earth Using a Radioactive Beam
For the first time, physicists have been able to directly measure one of the ways exploding stars forge the heaviest elements in the Universe. → Read More
Breakthrough Discovery Shows Vikings Were Active in North America 1,000 Years Ago
New archaeological evidence has allowed scientists to refine the timeline for the Viking presence in North America. → Read More
Asteroids May Have Stolen The Oxygen From Earth's Ancient Atmosphere
For a period of Earth's history, between roughly 2.5 to 4 billion years ago, our planet was a punching bag for asteroids. → Read More
Two Planets Smashed Together So Hard One of Them Lost Its Atmosphere
The formation of a planetary system is a somewhat messy affair. → Read More
Astronomers May Have Just Found Evidence of The Very First Stars in Our Universe
Back when the Universe was young – around 13.7 billion years ago – the first stars formed in the soupy darkness, setting the cosmos alight. → Read More
Humans Are Actually Terrible at Navigating Cities, Study of Over 14,000 People Shows
We design cities. We live in them. We work in them, and we have fun in them. But boy howdy are we bad at getting around them. → Read More
Plankton Is Undergoing a Global Migration, With Dire Consequences For The Food Web
If Earth's temperature rises by a significant enough margin, we could see a major restructuring of the plankton species living in our oceans. → Read More
Busted! Astronomers Confirm The Large Magellanic Cloud Totally Ate Another Galaxy
The Milky Way galaxy has a history of violence. → Read More
A Mysterious 'Ghost Particle' Probably Didn't Come From a Black Hole's Meal After All
A high-energy neutrino traced back to a violent encounter between a black hole and a star needs a different origin story, new research has found. → Read More
Jet Fuel Made From This Crop Could Cut Emissions by Up to 68%, New Analysis Proves
The aviation industry is necessary for the world we live in today, but it places a strain on the environment, thanks to emissions from petroleum-based fossil fuel. → Read More
Wild New Paper Claims Earth May Be Surrounded by a Giant Magnetic Tunnel
Mysterious structures in the sky that have puzzled astronomers for decades might finally have an explanation – and it's quite something. → Read More
Mysterious Source in Deep Space Generates 1,652 Fast Radio Bursts in Just 47 Days
A source of powerful radio signals from distant space has deepened the mystery of fast radio bursts. → Read More
Eerie Discovery of 2 'Identical' Galaxies in Deep Space Is Finally Explained
Galaxies are a bit like fingerprints, or snowflakes. There are many of them out there, and they can have a lot of characteristics in common, but no two are exactly alike. → Read More
Mysterious Flashing Radio Signal Coming From Centre of The Galaxy, Scientists Report
As our eyes on the sky grow ever more sensitive, we're going to find more and more things we've never seen before. → Read More
Physicists Capture The Most Precise Measurement Yet of a Neutron's Lifespan
We now know, to within a tenth of a percent, how long a neutron can survive outside the atomic nucleus before decaying into a proton. → Read More
There's No Way Venus Could Ever Have Had Oceans, Astronomers Say
Let's be honest: in the Solar System, there really is no good place for humans that isn't Earth. But that doesn't mean all bad places were created equal; and Venus is about as inhospitable as a temperate-zone rocky exoplanet can get. → Read More
42 of The Biggest Asteroids in The Solar System Revealed in Glorious New Images
If there's one thing our Solar System doesn't have in short supply, it's rocks. → Read More