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This image made available by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 depicts NASA's Solar Probe Plus spacecraft approaching the sun. On Wednesday, NASA announced it will launch the probe in summer 2018 to explore the solar atmosphere. It will be subjected to brutal heat and radiation like no other man-made structure before. (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory via AP)

NASA’s mission to the sun next year

NASA has revealed details about its plan to take humanity closer to the sun than ever before.

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NASA mission to ‘touch’ the sun

NASA is set to reveal details about a mission to “touch” the sun in a bid to help us forecast major solar weather events that could impact Earth.

07/06/2011 WIRE: (FILES) This NASA image released on June 7, 2011 of the International Space Station and the docked space shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of approximately 220 miles, was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking on May 23, 2011 (USA time). An unidentifed piece of debris narrowly missed the International Space Station on June 28, 2011, in a rare incident that forced the six-member crew to scramble to their rescue craft, a news report said. The piece of space junk missed the fragile orbiter by just 250 metres (820 feet), the Interfax news agency quoted a source in the Russian space industry as saying. AFP PHOTO/NASA/HANDOUT/RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

‘Catastrophic’ space collision ‘inevitable’

A CATASTROPHIC space junk collision that could wipe out vital satellites has been foreshadowed by global scientists.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, set for launch in October 2008. Credit: NASA/John Frassanito and Associates.

NASA admits ‘UFO’ crashed into orbiter

NASA has admitted a UFO was to blame for a very unusual glitch in a spacecraft which monitors the lunar surface for the space agency.

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US tests Exo atmospheric kill vehicle over California

The ‘Kill Vehicle’ to stop Kim Jong-un

THE Pentagon is spending big to redesign interceptors for its missile defence system amid a growing threat. But Australia doesn’t have the same luxury.

Swinburne University Astronomy professors speak on astronomy and computer courses which are offered at Swinburne. A composite images of the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescopes staring a cosmic explosion, called a Fast Radio Burst, far from the glowing band of light that is our Milky Way as seen in H-Alpha credit:CSRIO/Harvard/ Swinburne Astronomy Productions Picture: Janine Eastgate

Astronomers shed light on FRB mystery

ASTRONOMERS believe they have discovered the location of mysterious radio bursts, shining a light on a 3-billion-year-old mysterious phenomena.

Artwork on South Australian Mars project on International Space Station

Mars test missions await our schoolkids

SOUTH Australia will spend $80,000 to secure a spot on the International Space Station for school science experiments in an Australian-first project.

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This image made available by NASA on Thursday, May 25, 2017, and made from data captured by the Juno spacecraft shows Jupiter's south pole. The oval features are cyclones, up to 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) in diameter. The cyclones are separate from Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot, a raging hurricane-like storm south of the equator. The composite, enhanced color image was made from data on three separate orbits. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles via AP)

Jupiter is not what we thought

A NASA mission to Jupiter has revealed a complex world, prompting scientists to “rethink” what they know about it.

It's one small step for man, one giant opportunity for miners. With some of the Earth's most valuable resources dwindling, space mining is looming large as the next frontier for prospectors. Asteroids promise a rich source of precious metals such as gold and platinum and diamonds while the Moon has plentiful reserves of ''rare earth minerals'' used in smartphones, tablets, flat-screen TVs, pharmaceuticals, wind turbines and a range of other technological and military applications.

NASA mission could crash world economy

A MASSIVE hunk of space rock is home to precious metals worth so much they could crash our economy. That isn’t about to stop NASA.

Twitter pic from NASA. NASA New HorizonsVerified account‏@NASANewHorizonsHello #Pluto! We’re at closest approach. Congrats to all! Follow our story & view new images using #PlutoFlyby.

Alien life could be closer than we think

EVERYTHING we believe about the universe could change, with several planets in our very own solar system may host alien life, stargazers have discovered.

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The tiny difference between these two images means a lot.

‘Spot the difference’: Detail reveals all

A RANDOM member of the public just made a discovery that predates the dinosaurs. It all came down to a tiny speck in this image.

EMBARGO APPLIES - DO NOT PUBLISH BEFORE SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2016 .. Picture from MARS: OUR FUTURE ON THE RED PLANET BY LEONARD DAVID. Capitalizing on the only Mars-like conditions of Earth's only impact crater in a polar desert - Haughton Crater on Devon Island, Canada - researchers on an international interdisciplinary field research project located there have investigated space suits, robotics and geological sampling, shown here. MANDATORY CREDIT: Haughton-Mars Project

Mice born from space sperm

A KEY component to colonising Mars would be having babies in zero gravity and a high radiation environment. But it’s “a completely unknown area of science”.

From Marilyn Monroe show at Bendigo Art Gallery: Studio publicity portrait for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 gown designed by William Travilla

Marilyn Monroe UFO conspiracy

IT SOUNDS absolutely crazy but a new documentary claims Marilyn Monroe was killed because of what she knew about the famous Roswell incident.

A close-up view of astronaut Buzz Aldrin's bootprint in the lunar soil, photographed with the 70mm lunar surface camera during Apollo 11's sojourn on the moon.Picture: NASA

Woman to turn $1130 into $5.4m

WHEN this woman picked up ‘moon dust’ NASA misplaced for just over $1000, she had no idea it would be worth millions of dollars at auction.

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Strange ‘alien megastructure’ star

Strange ‘alien megastructure’ star

A MYSTERY star behind an “alien megastructure” theory is acting weirdly again. Scientists have been scrambling to observe it.

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The oddest thing taxpayers are funding

A SCEPTICAL minister has launched a probe into an X-File mystery of why taxpayers have forked out thousands of dollars for a UFO group.

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Mystery of taxpayer-funded UFO group

A DISBELIEVING federal minister has launched a probe into an X-File mystery of why taxpayers have forked out thousands of dollars for a UFO group.

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EFKYX4 View of the Milky Way over the Elqui Valley in Chile Alamy positional, fee for high res

Proof there’s a ‘parallel universe’

SCIENTISTS believe they may have discovered evidence of a parallel universe that crashed into our own in a galactic impact mirroring a car crash.

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An artist's impression of the manmade 'bubble' surrounding earth, detected by NASA

NASA detects huge Earth ‘bubble’

NASA probes have discovered a huge ‘bubble’ surrounding planet Earth, describing it as “man-made space weather”.

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NASA and the European Space Agency image 29 Aug 2006, is a composite made from 18 separate images taken using the Hubble Space Telescope providing a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). It is the youngest known remnant from a supernova explosion in the Milky Way. The new Hubble image shows the complex and intricate structure of the stars shattered fragments.

Supernovae key to universe’s secrets

AUSTRALIANS are joining the hunt for exploding stars that can help scientists understand the universe – and reveal the secrets of dark energy.

EMBARGO APPLIES - DO NOT PUBLISH BEFORE SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2016 .. Picture from MARS: OUR FUTURE ON THE RED PLANET BY LEONARD DAVID. An isolated barren landscape makes southern Utah the right spot for Mars habitation. MANDATORY CREDIT: Mars Society MRDS

NASA’s one year layover en route to Mars

IT’S a long journey to Mars and those along for the ride will have to have an extended stay in the moon’s orbit.

China’s bold plan for asteroid base

China’s bold plan for asteroid base

It’s one small step for man, one giant opportunity for miners. With some of Earth’s valuable resources dwindling, space mining is looming as the new frontier for world governments.

This image made available by NASA in April 2017 shows a still from the short film

‘Whistling’ sound from inside Saturn

SCIENTISTS have been left stumped by the eerie “whistling” sounds beamed back to Earth from inside Saturn’s rings. Take a listen.

Galaxy Ice Cream cake. Picture: Tristan Lutze

The only cake video to watch today

MAY the 4th be with you this Star Wars day, as you watch this video of Tristan Lutze making the ultimate galaxy ice cream cake.

As NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues its weekly ring-grazing orbits, diving just past the outside of Saturn's F ring, it is tracking several small, persistent objects there. These images show two such objects that Cassini originally detected in spring 2016, as the spacecraft transitioned from more equatorial orbits to orbits at increasingly high inclination about the planet's equator. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Surprising image from Saturn mission

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has survived an unprecedented trip between Saturn and its rings, sending back amazing pictures.

Contrasting images taken from space of River Murray water management in the Riverland.

Space station’s unique window on our Riverland

THIS is the state’s majestic Riverland captured like never before, the region’s lush green paddocks and meandering waterways photographed from the darkness of space.

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Alien characters from the sci-fi series

Scientist’s theory about lost alien civilisation

AN ASTRONOMER says advanced extraterrestrials could have thrived on Earth, Mars and even Venus — before disappearing without a trace.

Three of several dishes at the Canberra Deep Space Network, operated by CSIRO on behalf of NASA.

Inside NASA’s Australian HQ

AN exclusive look at NASA’s brand new command centre near Canberra built to facilitate communications between Earth and the first people to walk on Mars.

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The seven deadly outcomes of asteroids

The seven deadly outcomes of asteroids

SCIENTISTS have spelled out exactly how an asteroid could kill the people unlucky enough to be caught underneath one if — or when — it smashes into Earth.

Nuclear bomb or asteroid impact creates a nuke mushroom

The man who could save Earth

STEVEN Howarth wants $200,000 to save humanity from being wiped out by an asteroid. This is how the Aussie plans to do it.

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