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Two neutron stars slammed into each other and created a never-before-seen event.

If a distant solar system is millions of light years away and so we see it as it was millions of years ago, how can we see what it looks like now? Parul, aged 13, Sri Ganganagar, India

If a private citizen can work out a way to overcome a massive social problem, surely those in government can do the same.

Once upon a time in the United States, regular savings accounts paid over 5% interest. The May 31, 1979, issue of the New York Times reported that federal regulators allowed commercial banks to pay 5.25% interest on their savings accounts, while savings and loans and mutual savings banks were able…

Understanding how rapid interstellar travel may be possible

Newcastle Herald readers have their say.

Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth: Stephen Hawking

Chennai-based Dinesh Kshatriyan, the first person in India to have a reception in the Metaverse, has started a service where local farmers receive bee boxes through the public’s purchase of NFTs

In a recent study, a team of physicists from the University of Amsterdam and Harvard University has proposed a way where gravitational waves could be used to search for ultralight bosons around rotating black holes.

Letters: Amid the enthusiasm for the new terminal I fear there is no detail.