Satellite orbit

Tasmanian observatory’s telescope mount to help avert collisions in space

Thousands of satellites and hundreds of thousands of objects orbiting Earth, such as debris and discarded rocket bodies, are being tracked to avoid collisions. Source: ESA/NASA, Flickr. A Tasmanian observatory has a new telescope mount that will help track fast-moving satellites and prevent catastrophic space collisions. The Greenhill observatory at Bisdee Tier near Hobart is…

Julian Assange

Mexican President offers Julian Assange asylum

Julian Assange married his long-time partner Stella Morris in prison earlier this year. Source: Shutterstock. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that he gave US president Joe Biden a letter offering Julian Assange asylum. Lopez Obrador was in Washington for a meeting with Biden to discuss several issues pertaining to both the US and Mexico…

clownfish

Clownfish can control their growth to fit into an anemone

Findings were published in the journal Scientific Reports. Researchers from Newcastle University in the UK discovered that clownfish have the ability to adjust their growth depending on the environment surrounding them. Through lab experiments that paired clownfish with varying sized anemones, scientists found that on every occasion the fish who were placed on larger anemones…