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This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 24, 2016 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting the Gold Cup athletes comprehensive food factory in Pyongyang. AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

N Korea ‘planning space launch’

US intelligence sources say North Korea has been busy preparing for a space launch in the next few weeks.

Rapper’s conspiracy theory causes outrage

Rapper’s conspiracy theory causes outrage

THIS rapper’s dubious evidence that proves the world is flat has attracted outrage from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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View of the planet Mars (pic: NASA). /Mars/Planet

The people most suited to life on Mars

IF YOU think you have what it takes to live on Mars, there’s just one extra unusual requirement you’ll be expected to have.

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The disgusting truth about space

The disgusting truth about space

AN ASTRONAUT who has been living aboard the ISS for more than 300 days has revealed some weird and disturbing facts about life in space.

NASA’s awesome photos of US blizzard

NASA’s awesome photos of US blizzard

IF YOU think regular photos from space are cool, just wait until you see these epic pictures satellites took of the huge US snowstorm.

California Institute of Technology astronomer Michael Brown points to a yellow dot simulating Planet 9 on a computer video simulation view of Planet 9 in the solar system at the CalTech USGS Media center in Pasadena, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Scientists reported Wednesday, they finally have

Aussies in the hunt for Planet Nine

THEY think it’s out there – somewhere – but Australian astronomers could be the first to actually identify the ninth planet in our solar system.

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This artistic rendering provided by California Institute of Technology shows the distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. The planet is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side. Scientists reported Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, they finally have

Planet Nine ‘will wipe out humanity’

SCIENTISTS are hailing the possible discovery of a new planet. But conspiracy theorists warn this lurking giant will crash into Earth.

Aussies discover ‘noodles’ in Milky Way

Aussies discover ‘noodles’ in Milky Way

AUSTRALIAN scientists have made an astonishing discovery about “noodles” that may lurk in the Milky Way using a CSIRO telescope in Western Australia.

How astronauts use the toilet in space

How astronauts use the toilet in space

ANSWERING the call of nature in zero gravity presents some problems, but a British astronaut has just revealed space travel’s most intimate secret.

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Solar System - Planet Mercury. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

The planets have aligned

FOR the first time in a decade, stargazers can spot the five planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn at the same time.

This artistic rendering provided by California Institute of Technology shows the distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. The planet is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side. Scientists reported Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, they finally have

Planet X ‘found’ beyond Neptune

AN INVISIBLE giant is lurking on the edge of our solar system: Scientists are hailing the possible discovery of a new planet — 10 times the size of Earth.

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This photo released by 20th Century Fox shows Matt Damon in a scene from the film,

Think you know The Martian?

DO you consider yourself a movie or space buff? Try our online quiz for The Martian and see how much knowledge you really possess.

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This 14 May 2009 photo provided by NASA shows astronaut John Grunsfeld performing a spacewalk to work on the Hubble Space Telescope. The reflection in his helmet visor shows astronaut Andrew Feustel taking the photo while perched on the end of the remote manipulator system arm.

‘We use the space toilets very carefully’

IS THERE life on Mars? No, not yet. But when news.com.au travelled to NASA to speak with a real astronaut we discovered we’re not that far off.

Yarloop's burn scar as seen from space. Picture: NASA

Town’s ‘burn scar’ seen from space

THE devastation left by the firestorm that ripped through Western Australia can be seen from space, with NASA releasing a satellite image of a town’s “burn scar”.

Astronauts produce first space flower

Astronauts produce first space flower

THE International Space Station’s zero-gravity vegetable garden has witnessed a tiny miracle after NASA grew the first flower in space.

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Weirdest star just got weirder

Weirdest star just got weirder

THE strangest star in our skies has been stuttering for more than a century, dimming the idea it’s caused by comets. So does it look more like an alien megastructure?

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Weirdest star just got weirder

Weirdest star just got weirder

THE sky’s strangest star has been stuttering for more than a century. Scientists had an explanation, but it’s looking shaky.

*FEE APPLIES* ONE TIME USE ONLY -- Sabrina Pasterski, 22, of Chicago, poses for a portrait on July 20, 2015 in Chicago. Pasterski is currently getting her Ph.D. at Harvard. (Michael Noble Jr./Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Meet the world’s next Einstein

IF WHAT Sabrina Pasterski achieved as a 13-year-old is anything to go by, the woman dubbed “the next Einstein” is about to do big things.

Astronaut and mission specialist Timothy L Kopra in 17/12/2008 NASA handout image., mission specialist. CNN reported on 16/01/2011 that Kopra was injured in a bicycle accident and that his duties on the upcoming Discovery mission scheduled for 24/02/2011 could change.

Space walk aborted after water leak

A SPACE walk was terminated early after water leaked into an astronaut’s helmet, in a scarey repeat of a near-drowning two years ago.

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 file photo, British astronaut Tim Peake, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), prior the launch of Soyuz TMA-19M space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Messages of condolence for the late rock star David Bowie flowed in Monday Jan. 11, 2016, from around the world - and from space, where British astronaut Tim Peake tweeted from the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Space walk stopped after helmet leak

ASTRONAUT Tim Peake has become the first Briton to walk in space but he was forced to cut his adventure short after experiencing a suspected helmet leak.

NASA finds ‘ice volcanoes’ on Pluto

NASA finds ‘ice volcanoes’ on Pluto

INCREDIBLE pictures obtained by NASA scientists have uncovered two possible ‘ice volcanoes’ on the surface of the planet Pluto.

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Venus appears from behind the dark side of the waning crescent moon as part of the lunar occultation this morning. Picture: Casey Bishop

China flying to Moon’s dark side

CHINA will launch a mission to land on the dark side of the Moon in what will be a first for humanity, as it revealed its plans for outer space.

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NASA spots strange ‘spiders’ on Mars

NASA spots strange ‘spiders’ on Mars

A NASA spacecraft has captured an incredible close-up image of what are being described as “spiders” on the surface of Mars.

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(FILES) This handout photo released by the European Space Agency on December 20, 2013 shows an artist’s impression of Rosetta’s lander Philae (front view) on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Philae, silent for more than five months, could still break the silence late January 2016 said the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) on December 28, 2015. / AFP / ESA AND ATG MEDIALAB / - / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Has comet lander Philae finally died?

A LAST-DITCH attempt to contact the celebrated robot lab Philae has failed, fuelling fears it will never be heard from again.

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More than 100 alien planets discovered

SPACE exploration has taken another giant leap forward, with the discovery of more than 100 alien planets we didn’t know existed.

Black hole in the nebula

Black hole near Earth ‘burping’ gas

BLACK holes are known for swallowing gas and stars but astronomers say they have observed one near Earth “burping” gas back out.

Professor Phil Bland with the meteorite on site. (Photograph: Robert Howie, Desert Fireball Network)

Outback meteorite retrieved by scientists

A 1.7kg meteorite has been retrieved by a team of Perth researchers in South Australia using a new 32-camera network, a light plane, quad bikes and a drone.

50-year-old Aussie UFO mystery

50-year-old Aussie UFO mystery

CHILDREN as young as seven were confronted by men in black suits and told to shut up, as the military swarmed the area.

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This image provided by CU-Boulder shows the galaxy SDSS J1126+2944 taken with the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, with an arrow placed by the source pointing to a black hole that lost most of its stars. The University of Colorado's Julie Comerford has discovered something even rarer than a double-black hole galaxy: a skinny black hole. Her findings were reported Tuesday, Jan 5, 2016 at the American Astronomical Society's annual meeting. (NASA/CU-Boulder via AP)

What’s wrong with this black hole?

BLACK holes are complicated enough to understand at the best of times, but this recently discovered one has everyone puzzled.

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The puzzle in this NASA photo

The infuriating puzzle in this NASA photo

THIS photo is sure to drive you nuts, but you won’t be able to look away. Can you see what everyone else is missing?

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