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‘Impossible’ engine passes major test

‘Impossible’ engine passes major test

IT should be impossible, but a prototype space engine appears to produce energy from nothing — and it just passed a big test.

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Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our neighbouring dwarf galaxies, this young globular-like star cluster is surrounded by a pattern of filamentary nebulosity that is thought to have been created during supernova blasts. It consists of a main globular cluster in the centre and a younger, smaller cluster, seen below and to the right, composed of extremely hot, blue stars and fainter, red T-Tauri stars. This wide variety of stars allows a thorough study of star formation processes.

Scientist: Aliens are all around us

MIND-BOGGLING theory suggests hyper-intelligent life controls mysterious phenomena like dark matter.

OCTOBER 31, 2001 : French cosmonaut Claudie Haignere waves inside the landing capsule near the village of Zhayrem, some 400 km south west of Karaganda, 31/10/01. The capsule landed in Kazakhstan with three astronauts aboard after eight days spent aboard the International Space Station.

Astronaut warns of aliens before suicide attempt

A SHOCKING video claims France’s first female astronaut screamed “Earth must be warned!” before she attempted suicide.

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FILE - This image made available by NASA on Friday, July 24, 2015 shows a combination of images captured by the New Horizons spacecraft with enhanced colors to show differences in the composition and texture of Pluto's surface. On Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, scientists said that Pluto may have rolled over on its axis eons ago, the result of tidal forces with jumbo moon Charon, and that a subsurface sea is the most likely explanation. (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI via AP)

Evidence Pluto has huge hidden ocean

FRESH research shows Pluto likely has a giant ocean hidden beneath its surface, holding as much water as all Earth’s seas. Here’s what that means for science.

Concept suit for Mars explorers

Concept suit for Mars explorers

IF WE do get to Mars, we’re gonna need some serious protective gear and Dutch company Mars One thinks it has the answer.

blue sunrise, view of earth from space

‘We must escape planet Earth’

HUMANS have less than 1000 years to find a new planet to inhabit or we will face the very real threat of mass extinction.

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First look inside Mars ‘bullseye’

First look inside Mars ‘bullseye’

SCIENTISTS have deep-dived inside two huge Martian craters they say hold the key to discovering signs of life there.

The moon rises behind St. Benedict The Moor Catholic church in Pittsburgh Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. The Supermoon on November 14, 2016, will be the closest a Full Moon has been to Earth since January 26, 1948. The next time a Full Moon is even closer to Earth will be on November 25, 2034. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Supermoon? It’s just lunacy

CAUGHT up by the supermoon hype? You’ve been conned. But make sure you enjoy the sight anyway. It’s certainly going to be magic.

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Tuesday nights Supermoon that lit up Alice Springs, NT.

Where to see tonight’s supermoon in all its glory

ACROSS Australia people will be flocking to skyscrapers and beaches in the hope of getting a glimpse of the supermoon.

MADRID, SPAIN - AUGUST 10: A plane flights across the supermoon surrounded by a Madrid skyscraper on August 9, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. In the second supermoon or perigee moon as it is also known of the summer, the moon will supposedly appear 30% brighter and 14% bigger than normal, with another due to appear in our skies on September 9, 2014. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)

Get ready for the supermoon

THIS lunar event hasn’t happened for 68 years and it’s been blamed for everything from earthquakes to political catastrophes.

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Building the Buzz for Mars

RADIATION sickness. Brittle bones. Alzheimers. None of these will deter explorers in their quest to establish a foothold on Mars, says Apollo 11 hero Buzz Aldrin.

How dark matter killed off the dinosaurs

How dark matter killed off the dinosaurs

FROM extra dimensions to comet-slinging disks of dark matter. It’s no wonder Dr Lisa Randall has been dubbed “America’s superstar scientist”.

EMBARGO APPLIES - DO NOT PUBLISH BEFORE SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2016 .. Picture from MARS: OUR FUTURE ON THE RED PLANET BY LEONARD DAVID. Stunning vistas await the first humans on Mars. MANDATORY CREDIT: Lockheed Martin

Strap yourself in. We’re off to Mars

IT’S the greatest challenge mankind has ever undertaken, but a human expedition to Mars is looking less science fiction and more science fact.

This August 27, 2008 image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory show a clear separation between...

‘The universe is tearing itself apart’

THE universe is set to be destroyed in a “big rip” which will suck the whole of reality into a dreadful nightmarish vortex of nothingness.

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Joe Pepler/REX/Shutterstock (7429383p) National Geographic unveils the first ever Mars show home to coincide with the premiere of epic docu-drama Mars which premieres on Sunday at 9pm National Geographic unveils the first ever Mars show home, Greenwich, London, UK - 10 Nov 2016 Open at the Royal Observatory Greenwich until November 16th the installation is based on the research of Stephen Petranek (author of How We'll Live on Mars and consultant on 'Mars') and astronomers at the Royal Observatory.

What life on Mars will look like

THE first ever Mars show home opened in London today — giving a glimpse of how colonisers might live on the Red Planet less than two decades from now.

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EMBARGOED WEDNESDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 12:01AM . 2017 Australian Weather Calendar, Bureau of Meteorology . March Aurora australis viewed from Mawson Station, Antarctica, 28 August 2014 . Photograph: Lydia Jean Dobromilsky

We could see space phenomenon tonight

A PHENOMENAL space event is headed for earth and could erupt and be seen by people in Australia tonight.

Has NASA created warp drive?

Has NASA created warp drive?

THE results of a NASA test into “warp drive” technology were leaked on the internet, before being quickly removed by the space agency.

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Buzz Aldrin - Mars Mission

Building a Buzz about going to Mars

RADIATION sickness. Brittle bones. Alzheimers. None of these will deter explorers in their quest to establish a foothold on Mars, says Apollo 11 hero Buzz Aldrin.

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China Launches Shenzhou 11 On Space Station Mission

China launches most powerful rocket

CHINA launched its most powerful rocket ever as the country presses on with a program which has seen it become a major space power.

Scientists reveal ‘pillars of destruction’

Scientists reveal ‘pillars of destruction’

SCIENTISTS have revealed images that they’ve dubbed the “Pillars of Destruction” in a region of the Carina Nebula, about 7,500 light years from Earth.

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Seeing red: Mars debate launched

Seeing red: Mars debate launched

MARS is hard. About half the robotic missions sent there so far have failed. So is the risk to human life worth a manned mission?

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‘Impact had a devastating effect on Earth’

‘Impact had a devastating effect on Earth’

THE cosmic collision is thought to have occurred 4.5 billion years ago and was so dramatic that it formed the moon and left Earth with a two hour day.

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15/02/2013 WIRE: In this frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, t...

NASA warning system’s first alarm

EARTH will be ‘buzzed’ today by a 25m chunk of rock and ice — the first test for NASA’s new ‘intruder alert’ system designed to detect approaching asteroids.

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Rebooted search for ‘alien megastructure’

Rebooted search for ‘alien megastructure’

A MYSTERY around a strange dimming star is set to get a reboot thanks to a Russian billionaire and the most powerful telescopes in the world.

Two stars shine through the centre of a ring of cascading dust in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The star system is named DI Cha, and while only two stars are apparent, it is actually a quadruple system containing two sets of binary stars. As this is a relatively young star system it is surrounded by dust. The young stars are moulding the dust into a wispy wrap. The host of this alluring interaction between dust and star is the Chamaeleon I dark cloud — one of three such clouds that comprise a large star-forming region known as the Chamaeleon Complex. DI Cha's juvenility is not remarkable within this region. In fact, the entire system is among not only the youngest but also the closest collections of newly formed stars to be found and so provides an ideal target for studies of star formation.

Astronomers report ‘flashing’ stars

TWO Canadian astronomers claim to have spotted ‘spectral modulation’ in more than 200 stars — evidence, they say, of alien civilisation. Others remain sceptical.

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Serene Saturn ... Picture: Damian Peach, Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016 Planets, Comets and Asteroids Winner The 2016 winner for the Planets, Comets and Asteroids category is 'Serene Saturn' by Damian Peach (UK), taken at Marley Vale, Barbados on 18 March 2016, using a Celestron C14 telescope with Celestron CI-700 mount, and an ASI 174 mm camera with multiple channels and multiple 0.07-seccond exposures.

Saturn mysteriously changes colour

A HUGE hexagon on the northern pole of Saturn has changed colour, NASA says. But why did it happen?

(FILES) This file photo handout photo taken from the European Space Agency website on March 1, 2016 shows an artist's impression depicting the separation of the ExoMars 2016 entry, descent and landing demonstrator module, named Schiaparelli, from the Trace Gas Orbiter, and heading for Mars. Europe's Schiaparelli Mars lander is set to separate from its mothership on October 16, 2016 for a three-day, one million-kilometre (621,000-mile) descent to the Red Planet's surface to test landing gear for a future rover. / AFP PHOTO / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY / D. Ducros / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

How billionaire will colonise Mars

SPACEX founder and inventor Elon Musk has detailed his incredible vision for establishing a self-sufficient colony on Mars.

Hunt for Planet Nine heats up

Hunt for Planet Nine heats up

ASTRONOMERS have long been baffled by a quirk in the solar system and they believe a mysterious unseen planet is responsible.

European probe exploded on Mars

European probe exploded on Mars

THE European Space Agency says an experimental Mars probe may have exploded when it hit the surface of the Red Planet earlier this week.

Artist’s impression provided by the European Space Agency, ESA, depicting the separation of the ExoMars 2016 entry, descent and landing demonstrator module, named Schiaparelli, center, from the Trace Gas Orbiter, TGO, left, and heading for Mars. The separation was scheduled to occur on Sunday, Oct. 16, about seven months after launch. Schiaparelli is set to enter the martian atmosphere on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 while TGO will enter orbit around Mars. The probe will take images of Mars and conduct scientific measurements on the surface, but its main purpose is to test technology for a future European Mars rover. Schiaparelli's mother ship will remain in orbit to analyze gases in the Martian atmosphere to help answer whether there is or was life on Mars. (ESA/D. Ducros via AP)

Anxious wait for Mars probe touchdown

EUROPE’S experimental Schiaparelli probe has entered the atmosphere around Mars, with scientists awaiting confirmation that it touched down safely.

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