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 News Video shows massive star formingFriday, 20 November 2009
Astronomers have made a detailed study of a star-forming region in the Orion Nebula, for the first time getting a close look at the birth of a massive star.  U.N. finally draws link between population bomb and climate changeThursday, 19 November 2009
Slowing population growth would help battle global warming, says an unprecedented report that links demographic pressure and climate change.  Why failed HIV vaccine increased infectionThursday, 19 November 2009
In 2007 a major HIV vaccine trial ground to a halt when the results showed that it actually increased rates of infection. Now researchers have discovered why.  COSMOS wins Magazine of the YearWednesday, 18 November 2009
COSMOS scooped the top honours at Australia's annual Bell Awards for publishing excellence, taking out the coveted Magazine of the Year trophy.  Outlandish planet has wonky orbitWednesday, 18 November 2009
Astronomers have found an extrasolar planet with an "outlandish orbit" that circles its star either backwards, or at an angle of around 90º to the orientation of the star's rotation.  Climate change damaging the deep seaTuesday, 17 November 2009
Warming is affecting ecosystems 4,000 m down, a study has found, overturning the idea that deep sea abyssal plains are immune to surface changes.  Denmark seeks climate breakthrough as clock ticks to showdownTuesday, 17 November 2009
Environment ministers from 42 key nations in the game of climate poker are meeting this week in a bid to avoid a finger-pointing fiasco at next month's U.N. conference on global warming.  'Crikey steveirwini' is new species of snailMonday, 16 November 2009
An Australian scientist has paid an unusual tribute to late naturalist and TV personality Steve Irwin by naming a rare species of snail Crikey steveirwini.  Please vote for COSMOS in the Earth Journalism Awards!Thursday, 12 November 2009
COSMOS is one of 15 winners in the Earth Journalism Awards, which are linked to the U.N. climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December. Help us win another award by voting here.  Ocean acidification impacts coastal riversThursday, 12 November 2009
Ocean acidification, is affecting not only coral reefs, but coastal ecosystems by impacting everything from the oyster industry to the extent of dead zones along the U.S. Pacific coast.  New type of supernova lacks "oomph"Thursday, 12 November 2009
Astronomers have discovered a new type of supernova - the thermonuclear blast from a dying star - which happens three to four times faster than other known types.  NASA debunks 2012 apocalypse mythsThursday, 12 November 2009
The world is not coming to an end in 2012, NASA insists in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumours fuelled by the Internet and a new blockbuster movie.  Tiny mutation led to human speechThursday, 12 November 2009
Two minute changes in a gene that is otherwise identical in humans and chimps could explain why we have the power of speech while other primates do not.  Peckish bird briefly downs atom smasherTuesday, 10 November 2009
A peckish bird briefly knocked out part of the world's biggest atom smasher by causing a chain reaction with a piece of bread, CERN said Monday.  Vast stars fed biggest black holesThursday, 5 November 2009
Stars more than one million times as massive as the Sun may be more stable than astronomers thought, and have created seeds that grew into the largest supermassive black holes. 
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