Astronomers from WA’s Curtin University have witnessed a black hole spewing jets of plasma into space as it pulled apart a nearby star.

Professor James Miller-Jones noted the activity was unusual, as typically gas pulled from a nearby star is shot into space up and down the spinning axis of the black hole.

Indonesia's President has decided to relocate the country’s capital out of Java to an undetermined location.

President Joko Widodo is the first to seriously consider the move, although the idea has been around since Former President Sukarno was in office.

Whilst a new location is yet to be determined, Indonesia’s Planning Minister has confirmed the administration is looking towards the eastern side of the country.

Flooding in Mozambique has continued in the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth, with the death toll from the storm now reaching 38 people.

The cyclone first hit the country 5 days ago, and has since damaged thousands of homes and placed 160,000 residents at risk. Further heavy rains are expected over the next few days.

Cyclone Kenneth is the second cyclone to strike the region in the past 6 months.

There was “a break-in every hour” in Brisbane last year, with more than half of the intrusions occurring on the southern side of the river, following the trend from the past decade.

10 years of Queensland of Police Service data revealed, residents of Brisbane’s south-side are most at risk of having their homes and businesses broken into.

Over the past decade, the suburb of Dunwich was the hardest hit by intruders, while Dayboro had the least with an average of just one break-in per month.

In the lead up to Brisbane Street Art Festival, South Bank station will soon be covered in blue with artwork created by Blu Art Xinja.

The anonymous street artist was responsible for the much-loved “Smoke” installation, which was removed from Central Station’s chimney after it was damaged due to its poor condition.

Along with the South Bank Station work, Xinja plans to surprise commuters and residents in Fortitude Valley in the lead up to the Street Art Festival, with a series of artworks expected to randomly pop up next week.

Australia’s second pill-testing trial at Canberra’s Groovin the Moo music festival on Sunday was declared a success.

More than 230 festival-goers used the pill-testing service, and all of the seven pills found to contain potentially lethal substances were willingly dumped by in the bins provided by the service.

Gino Vambuca from Pill Testing Australia said the testing helped reduce drug-related harm and is a step to making parties and festivals safer for our kids.

The great mystery surrounding the toys and flowers appearing on the century’s old grave of an Adelaide toddler has been solved.

Hope Valley resident, Julie Rhodes, said she and friend Vicki Lyons are responsible and began the clean-up and gift-bestowing after Herbert Henry Dicker, who died in 1885 aged just two, visited them both in a dream and led them to his grave.

Ms Rhodes and Ms Lyons hope their actions will inspire others to clean up and maintain cemeteries.