Picture above is galaxy where the Perseus black hole is located. Source: NASA. One youtuber described it as the “background music of a scariest horror movie” but actually it’s the noise made by a black hole, or almost. Before reading the rest of the article, give this sound a listen. It’s eerie, interesting and happens…
NASA has announced the development of a remote-sensing mapping system to aid explorers of the Moon with a real-time 3D map of their surroundings. The prototype was initiated in 2020 as part of NASA’s Early Career program, and in conjunction with Torch Technologies, navigation algorithms dissimilar to those used in beta tracking programs (such as…
Researchers at Northwestern University (NU) and the University of Washington (UW) have developed an untested nasal spray to combat all strains of COVID-19. The newfangled spray allegedly targets the virus’s weak spots and completely prevents it from entering the body. Science Translational Medicine reported that human clinical trials would begin next month, with a potential…
US President Joe Biden has announced plans to expand NASA’s 2023 budget to $26 billion USD in an effort to support the Artemis program and future space endeavours. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that the $2 billion increase from last years budget will be used to put a woman and person of colour on the…
The University of Helsinki has developed a molecule that can protect against a COVID-19 infection for hours with use of a nasal spray and additional mask. Research was conducted on mice where it was found that the molecule would offer immediate protection against coronavirus for up to eight hours. Author of the study and Postdoctoral…
The first US spacecraft on the moon in over 50 years has run out of power near the lunar south pole. Image source: Gregory H. Revera, via Wikimedia Commons. Moon lander Odysseus has gone dormant, running out of power a week after landing near the lunar south pole. Odysseus is the first US spacecraft to…
A black hole sits at the centre of a quasar, one of the brightest objects in the universe. Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech. A team of international researchers led by experts at the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a black hole 12 billion light-years away. Growing at the equivalent of one sun every day, it is…
A Western Sydney University study has found that nose picking can introduce germs into the nasal cavity that may cause the brain to build-up a protein that causes Alzheimer’s disease. Image source: Pexels According to a Western Sydney University review of dozens of studies related to the mechanism of neurological diseases, there is evidence that…
Cyclone Jasper (not pictured) is forecast to hit the coast on Wednesday as a category two system. Source: NASA, Wikimedia Commons Residents across north Queensland, including further south in Mackay, are being warned of damaging winds as Cyclone Jasper heads towards the coast. The severe weather warning from the Bureau of Meteorology was expanded south…
This evening a rare ‘blue supermoon’ will occur. Tomorrow, to mark the end of the month, a rare supermoon and blue moon will occur at the same time, but tonight will be the best night to see it. The full moon itself will happen tomorrow morning, August 31st, which means this evening, around dusk, will…