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Astronomers were astounded to discover that a fixed star near the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way originated in another galaxy.

The risk of another major earthquake hitting the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture has dropped in half, but the likelihood is still 100-fold greater than before the Jan. 1 disaster, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

A UC research team has received $360,000 in Marsden funding to develop technology to assess and inform water use and infrastructure across New Zealand. In Aotearoa New Zealand, 20 percent of drinking water is lost to leakage, 90 percent of the piping ...

Hundreds of thousands of social media posts quickly spread fake news that the New Year’s Day earthquake that devastated the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture was artificially created, an Asahi Shimbun study found.

Long hot days, sand between your toes, and jellyfish - all part of the New Zealand beach summer. NIWA emeritus researcher and jellyfish expert Dr Dennis Gordon says it is common to start seeing more jellyfish at the beach at this time of year. 'As ...

The year 2023 was one dominated by extreme weather and where impactful events were unfortunately never far from our minds or our skies. During the year, MetService issued over 300 Severe Weather Warnings across 61 events – a typical number for ...

Another long-term effect of the novel coronavirus appears to be a higher chance of patients contracting Alzheimer’s disease in the years to follow, according to the latest research. 

The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Dec. 27 decided to lift an order halting operations of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, taking a major step toward a restart. 

DUBAI--Japan found itself the odd man out at the recently ended COP28 U.N. climate conference here.

The early universe contained far more supermassive black holes than previously thought, according to a Japanese team’s study that could shed light on the incredibly powerful and mysterious galactic objects.