NASA achieved a major milestone by successfully sending high-definition video from the International Space Station via laser technology. During this test, the OPALS system relayed a video greeting at ...

Steph Talbot lead from the front while the Opals will worry about an injury to Alanna Smith ahead of their next game. Megan Hustwaite has all the talking points from the Opals' first Women's World Cup ...

Australia's battling basketball women have made it into the last-eight of the World Cup after edging out Italy 82-80 in a nerve-shredding, winner-takes-all clash in Berlin.

The Opals make it two wins from two games at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, beating Türkiye 87-71 after both teams were woken up in the middle of the night by a fire alarm at their hotel.

The Australian Opals have announced their squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics, with a host of elite WNBA talent set to have the team firmly in the medal hunt. After a disappointing Tokyo Olympics saw ...

This week, courtesy of NASA, we saw a first in the world of communications: a high-definition video beamed to Earth from 260 miles above the planet—using lasers. This feat in video transfer comes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many cultures have long admired this beautiful stone for its play of color and mystical appearance. Many also claim it possesses ...

A private collection of opals is slowly making its way around the world being shown privately to collectors. The hoard consists of 12 uncut, untreated black opals of varying shapes and sizes acquired ...

A short-handed Australian team is still alive and into the quarterfinals at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup despite surrendering a 20-point three-quarter-time lead against Italy.

There’s something special about opals — several things, to be exact. Every opal is unique due to variations in flashes of color and patterns. And the shade of the opal can change based on the lighting ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The opal was once synonymous with dreary Victorian rings and cheap Australian souvenirs. Its reputation was so ...