
Where Stars Are Born
This mosaic image is the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of the starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82). The galaxy is remarkable for its bright blue disk, webs of shredded clouds and fiery-looking plumes of glowing hydrogen blasting out of its central regions. read more..

The Mojave Desert.
The Mojave Desert is defined by the mountain ranges creating its xeric conditions, and it also has numerous mountain ranges within it. They often create valleys, endorheic basins, salt pans, and seasonal saline lakes when precipitation is high enough. read more..

Save the Rain Forests?
The Amazon rainforest is a critical influence on South American climate and one of the world’s most important carbon banks. Covering almost as much land as the contiguous United States read more..

How cute and cuddlie!
Koala is the only mammal, other than the Greater Glider and Ringtail Possum, which can survive on a diet of eucalyptus leaves. Koala seldom drinks water obtaining it from the eucalyptus leaves, which are 50% consisting of water. chapter_read more..

Into the Unknown
Comet Hale-Bopp is putting out approximately 250 tons of gas and dust per second. This is about 50 times more than most comets produce. read more..

Truth about Black Holes
The nearest known black hole is 1,600 light years (10 quadrillion miles/16 quadrillion kilometers) away.read more..

Beyond the cosmos
"Beyond the Cosmos", part of an 8-month series on CCN, is being broadcast to various churches around the country next Thursday, November 2nd: read more..

Galileo was right!
Galileo's championing of Copernicanism was controversial within his lifetime, when a large majority of philosophers and astronomers still subscribed to the geocentric view that the Earth is at the centre of the universe. read more..

