Could a meteor strike destroy the planet?
LAST week, an asteroid hurtled past our planet missing it by just 161,000 kilometres. But experts think we won’t always be so lucky.
Space
First Islamic mission to Mars
DESPITE religious leaders in the UAE issuing a fatwa forbidding Muslims from landing on Mars, the country is intent on going there.
Huge amount of space junk around Earth
JAPAN’S space agency had a plan to tackle the huge amount of space junk circulating the Earth. But it didn’t really go according to plan.
Galaxy travelling at 2 million km/h
OUR galaxy is hurtling through the universe at two million kilometres per hour thanks to terrifying void of nothingness
Asteroid could trigger mega-tsunami
A MASSIVE asteroid is about to strike Earth and trigger mega-tsunami next month, according to this theorist.
Planets boost hope of alien life
THE discovery of two new nearby ‘Goldilocks’ planets have raised fresh hopes of finding alien life. We’ve even detected air around one of them.
Anti-Armageddon mission in doubt
A MISSION to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid moon to alter its trajectory, a possible dry-run for an Earth-saving exercise, is up in the air.
Supernova, Trump ‘fill prophecy’
A SCHOLAR says a supernova, along with the election of Donald Trump, both foretell the arrival of a Jewish messiah.
Dwarf galaxies shed light on dark matter
A FRESH sighting of clustered dwarf galaxies has bolstered a leading theory about how big galaxies such as our own Milky Way are formed.
NASA unveils ‘landing’ on Pluto
GLIMPSE the surface of an alien world in footage from a NASA spacecraft landing on the surface of Pluto.
Could you survive this space mission?
SIX scientists have entered a man-made dome atop an isolated Hawaii volcano, where they will spend the next eight months with no outside human contact.
‘It can spy on the whole world’
A MASSIVE laser surveillance system that will watch “the whole world” is about to be launched by the US army.
Last man to walk on the Moon dies
ONLY six of the 12 men to walk on the Moon remain alive after today’s death of American astronaut Gene Cernan, who left a space-changing legacy.
Dark killer sends galaxies to early grave
AN UNKNOWN force is sucking the lifeblood out of galaxies. Now Australian astronomers have uncovered new clues of a dark intergalactic presence.
Alien megastructure? More mega-burp
ASTRONOMERS have crunched the numbers for an explanation of the weird flickering of a distant star. Instead of alien engineering, it’s probably indigestion.
SpaceX launches first rocket since blast
SPACEX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket for the first time since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket more than four months ago.
Galaxies collide in stunning picture
A NEW image captured by NASA Hubble space telescope shows ‘doomed duo’ galaxies colliding and then trying to destroy one another.
Chilean navy can’t explain ‘UFO’
THE Chilean navy has admitted it can’t explain a video filmed by its pilots showing a UFO in the country’s airspace.
Asteroid slips through Earth’s defences
A HIGHRISE-sized asteroid capable of exploding with the force of 700 megatons slipped quietly past the Earth yesterday, twice as close as the Moon. We didn’t see it coming.
Breakthrough in mystery radio signal
FOR the first time astronomers have traced a rare repeating radio signal to a galaxy three billion light years away, prompting some exciting ideas.
Incredible photos of ‘star factory’
THE European Space Agency has released spectacular images of baby stars taking shape inside the Milky Way’s Orion nebula.
NASA make mission announcement
IT’S one of the oldest and most important programs at NASA, and astronomers are set to announce what’s next.
SpaceX ready to launch after blast
AFTER a mysterious launch pad explosion that obliterated a Facebook satellite, Elon Musk is ready for a relaunch.
We will make alien contact ‘by 2017’
WHEN it comes to finding extraterrestrial life, a breakthrough could happen by September this year, according to one expert.
What is NASA hiding from us?
THAT is the question being asked by amateur internet sleuths who, for some reason, believe the space agency is keeping some big secrets.
China’s ambitious plans for the moon
CHINA is keen to show off its newfound scientific prowess and has big plans for both the moon and Mars.
Could signals from deep space be aliens?
SCIENTISTS may have found proof that ET really is phoning home — in the form of powerful radio signals in the same exact location in space.
Astronaut sci-fi theory becomes reality
A START-UP is using a grant from NASA to leverage techniques used on brain trauma and heart attack to revolutionise space travel.
We’ll have to live like Martians
A SCIENTIST has sent a chilling warning about the Earth’s future, and wants us to wake up about the grim reality awaiting us.
Christmas solar storm to batter Earth
EARTH is being blasted by a flare soaring from a hole in the sun’s atmosphere — and it’s bringing huge geomagnetic storms with it.
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