New ‘Super-Earth’ boosts search for ET
ASTRONOMERS announced the exciting discovery of a “super-Earth” overnight. It’s just 40 light years away and could host alien life.
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NASA astronaut’s treasure map
DURING a solo space mission in 1963, NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper made a discovery that he kept secret for 40 years.
What Trump wants to do with the moon
DONALD Trump’s team seems very interested in the moon and all the money it thinks it can make from it.
200bn reasons we’re not alone
NASA has made a major announcement about conditions for life existing on one of Saturn’s 62 moons. That, it turns out, is just the beginning.
Our best hope for finding alien life
THE search for alien life has narrowed to one of Saturn’s moons, where scientists believe microbes could have formed in much the same way as they developed on Earth.
Our best hope for finding alien life
THE search for alien life has narrowed to one of Saturn’s moons, where scientists believe microbes could have formed in much the same way as they developed on Earth.
First pics captured of black hole
ASTRONOMERS believe they’ve captured first images of the gravity and light-sucking monster that weighs as much as four million suns.
NASA’s ‘night lights’ breakthrough
NASA has released incredible new maps showing full hemisphere views of Earth at night that will soon have real-time applications for weather and war.
‘Did you guys see that?’
THIS woman was live broadcasting on the internet when a mysterious bright light streaked across the sky, exploding behind her.
Incredible images of massive star collision
STARGAZERS have captured incredible images of a gigantic inferno which obliterated two stars in a distant galaxy.
Amazon founder’s $1.3 billion bet
THE second richest man in the world is gambling a phenomenal amount of money in an attempt to turn space into a playground for the rich.
Asteroid mining could earn banks billions
A WALL St bank has claimed mining asteroids for precious metals is a “realistic” goal with some so valuable they could crash the global economy.
Aussie TV viewers’ space discoveries
ARMCHAIR astronomers around the country are responsible for discovering a previously unknown solar system and 90 other new planets, as part of a remarkable TV show.
Earth-like planet could be ‘water world’
AN Earth-like planet with a hazy atmosphere that could support water has been discovered for the first time.
Get paid $22,000 for doing nothing
WOULD you like to be paid to lie on your back for 60 days? Scientists are looking for willing people — and their chequebooks are open.
NASA’s suicide mission into Saturn
NASA’S Cassini spacecraft is preparing for its final plunge into the depths of Saturn in a bid to reveal untold secrets of the planet.
Radio signals are ‘extraterrestrial’
AUSTRALIAN scientists have discovered that one of the universe’s most mysterious signals is not coming from Earth but is alien in origin.
Aliens likely to be ‘electronic entities’
LORD Martin Rees, the British Astronomer Royal, says extraterrestrials are probably machines and not living organisms.
‘This has never been done before’
A “HUGE revolution in spaceflight” has quietly taken place. It’s being called a “Wright brothers moment”, and for good reason. Here’s what it means.
Are we totally wrong on dark energy?
NEW research claims dark energy might be an illusion, meaning one of the biggest mysteries in physics could be explained by an Einstein theory.
Aussies hunt for elusive Planet 9
RESEARCHERS at ANU are leading the charge to discover an elusive hidden planet, thought to be lurking at the edge of our solar system.
‘Aliens use my body’
PSYCHIC medium Kerrie-Anne Thornton claims she can talk to aliens. They have supposedly told her all kinds of secrets – including Donald Trump’s plan.
Galactic clash leaves no victors
THIS monster has been booted out of its home. So what does it take to get a supermassive black hole to run at 8 million km/h? Something even scarier?
What caused titanic black hole to flee?
THIS monstrous black hole is on the run at an incredibly fast pace: eight million km/h. What could possibly do that to the universe’s top predator?
Inside Amazon’s tourist spaceship
THE world’s second richest man, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, shows off the New Shepard flash capsule that will take the rich and famous into orbit.
Major step in Mars mission
THE ExoMars mobile rover, tasked with recovering evidence of life on the Red Planet, will touch down in 2021 at one of two sites.
‘I worry that we’re just doomed’
FAMOUS astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals what he thinks will undo human civilisation and how we can save ourselves.
These NASA photos are mesmerising
IF YOU’RE a lover of space and all things of cosmic beauty, then NASA has created the perfect tool which lets you download its most spectacular images and videos.
Pentagon’s mysterious X-37B space plane
AS THE US remains tight-lipped about the X-37B, Russia and China have been scrambling to come up with their own answer to America’s secretive space mission.
Probe takes deep dive on Jupiter
FORGET Cyclone Debbie. NASA’s Juno probe just buzzed Jupiter, peering deep into the mysterious mayhem that is the gas giant’s perfect summer day.
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