australia

Using an amateur metal detector, an Australian man discovered a large gold nugget in Victoria's goldfields. The nugget is nearly 250,000 AUD ($160,000) in value and weighs 4.6kg.The discovery was made in the "golden triangle" area between Bendigo, Ballarat,...

The US, UK and Australia have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, aimed at countering China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Under the AUKUS pact Australia is to get its first nuclear-powered subs...

Australia and New Zealand have been ranked as the best places to survive a nuclear winter or other cataclysmic events, according to a study published in the journal Risk Analysis. Other countries including Iceland, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu are...

Finding the lost radioactive capsule was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but authorities eventually located it on the side of a remote Australian highway. On Wednesday afternoon, state emergency officials made the discovery public, six days after...

An 8mm by 6mm silver capsule, smaller than a coin, has gone missing along a stretch of Australia's largest state's enormous desert highway.  Finding it will be like hunting for a needle in a haystack. On Monday, Rio Tinto, a...

Millions around the world are welcoming the New Year 2023 in massive celebrations that started at the small Pacific island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati/Christmas Island. More than a million gathered to watch the incredible firework display at the...

Aptly titled "Hawks in a Cage," a book released recently describes the fascinating story of the first seven Greeks who sailed to Australia. The book, by Konstandina Moshou, is a fictional adventure taking place on a British ship in...

Players and staff of the Greece national rugby league team have revealed that they do not intend to receive any money from their Rugby League World Cup campaign. The Greek rugby players, who are making their first appearance at the...

Australian scientists have recently detected radio signals from nineteen red dwarf stars using Earth's strongest antenna—the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), located in the Netherlands. A study detailing the findings was published in Nature Astronomy. The study shows that four of those...

A new island allegedly formed in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after an underwater volcano erupted not far from Australia. The phenomenon occurred earlier this month after the underwater volcano, Home Reef, located in the Central Tonga Islands, erupted....