Space

Asteroid on collision course to Earth! Why the odds of impact keep shifting

A 40-90 m wide ‘city destroyer’ asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is on a collision course to Earth set to potentially impact in 2032.  Discovered on the 27th of December 2024, NASA originally estimated the asteroid to have under a 1% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, steadily rising to 2.6% in January and then …

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Revolutionary CSIRO technology searches space for mysteries

An Australian innovation developed by astronomers and engineers at the CSIRO for their ASKAP radio telescope is able to rapidly detect mysterious fast radio bursts and unusual space phenomena. The new CRACO technology processes vast amounts of data – over 100 billion pixels per second, allowing astronomers to find and locate signals more efficiently than …

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Househould with hospital grade beds should be standard: engineer

An Australian engineer has developed a house with bedrooms capable of becoming hospital quality rooms for Australians who need them. The house located in Far North Queensland has enough space to set up oxygen and filters to keep it as sterile as possible. According to Engineer Julius Arnold-Janco, these rooms should become standard in every …

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