Consortium announces first ‘space nation’
A GROUP of scientists and entrepreneurs has unveiled a plan to create the “first nation in space” which promises to change the global order.
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Obama sets sights on Mars by 2030
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has renewed a push for the US to put humans on Mars by 2030 but said the government can’t do it alone.
Obama vows to send people to Mars
US President Barack Obama said the United States will partner with private industry to send people to Mars by the 2030s.
‘Preposterous but technically legitimate’
A DOCTOR from the UK claims he owns land on Mars, and it’s not as out of this world as you might think.
No one knows why this star is dimming
A STRANGE star in our galaxy has officially become even more mysterious, with astronomers struggling to explain why it keeps dimming.
Why we could be headed for an Ice Age
THE Sun has ‘gone blank’ for the fourth time this year, and it could herald the arrival of an Ice Age — it has been claimed.
Dramatic end to expensive space mission
THE 12-year Rosetta spacecraft is the world’s most expensive space mission. But it will come to a dramatic end this month.
Sabotage conspiracy in SpaceX failure
A CURIOUS incident involving a heated rival has introduced the idea of sabotage in a SpaceX investigation over an exploding rocket.
Comet crash ‘mission complete’
THE Rosetta spacecraft has crashed into Comet 67P, ending a 12-year mission and providing unique close ups of the surface.
Inside Elon Musk’s big Mars plan
THE temperatures are so extreme and the atmosphere so thin you can’t venture outside without a protective suit. Welcome to the Mars colony.
‘Aliens have been here forever’
THE idea of aliens having already visited Earth is “impossible” for many. That’s why these alleged abductees stick together.
Flares could play havoc with your Tinder
EARTH is about to be bombarded by a solar storm which could cause mayhem — disrupting technology including mobile phones and satellite TV.
Space probe set to crash onto comet
SCIENTISTS began saying their final farewells to the Rosetta space probe just hours before it crash lands on a comet.
Australia set to rejoin space race
AN Australian team could be set to revolutionise interplanetary travel after their new engine prototype got fast-tracked to be tested on the International Space Station.
Suicide mission: ‘Are you prepared to die?’
THE founder of SpaceX Elon Musk has finally unveiled his plan to establish a self-sustaining city on Mars — but it won’t be easy.
Incredible discovery on Jupiter’s moon
ASTRONOMERS have made a startling observation on Jupiter’s moon Europa, one that could boost the chance of finding other life in our solar system.
QLD rocked by ‘flash of light’ and ‘tremor’
QUEENSLANDERS have been left scratching their heads after the night sky was split by a bright light, accompanied by a loud noise and tremors.
China turns on massive ‘Eye of Heaven’
CHINA has been quietly building the world’s biggest radio telescope to search for alien life in space. Now it’s finally been turned on.
Satellite cyber warfare coming, warns report
THE new frontier of cyber warfare will likely take place in outer space and will have massive consequences, a new report warns.
‘Find aliens before they find us’
STEPHEN Hawking has warned that we must seek out intelligent life and is bringing together entrepreneurs to spend $130 million so we’re not wiped out first.
NASA: ‘surprising activity’ on Europa
NASA has found ‘evidence of surprising activity’ on Jupiter’s moon Europa — a place the space agency believes is the best place to look for life.
US secret ‘making us a target’
MOST of us know very little about this secret military facility in Central Australia. Instead of protecting us, it “makes us a target”.
Earth-bound space station ‘out of control’
CHINA has lost control of its giant space station, raising fears it could cause devastation when it crashes on Earth.
Inspirational thing about Mars colony
THE man overseeing NASA’s effort to put a human settlement on Mars spoke to news.com.au about what’s gone into the huge project.
China launches second space station
CHINA has launched its second space station in a sign of the growing sophistication of its military-backed program that intends to send a mission to Mars.
Incredible map of a billion stars unveiled
THE most precise 3D map of the galaxy ever created has been unveiled, with the Gaia space probe plotting more than a billion stars in the Milky Way.
Elon Musk’s blunt admission
THE CEO of SpaceX has called last week’s rocket explosion the ‘most difficult and complex’ problem in the company’s history.
Giant asteroid hurtles towards Earth
A MASSIVE two kilometre-wide asteroid has made a dramatic ‘near Earth pass’, coming within 15 million kilometres – a virtual whisker in space terms.
‘The ultimate is to find new life’
A 300KG rover could pull off “one of the most important discoveries ever made” and find Martian life on Mars.
We found another ‘Dyson sphere’
AS IF the the first discovery wasn’t confusing enough, we now appear to have two stars that are masked by “alien megastructures”.
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