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‘Their interior is ringing like a bell’

STRONG magnetic fields have been discovered in the majority of stars — a breakthrough finding set to impact research into their evolution.

‘A village on the Moon by 2030’

‘A village on the Moon by 2030’

THE European Space Agency has announced its plans to colonise the Moon with a small village by 2030.

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UPLOADED IMAGE .. Astronomers have found something intriguing orbiting the sunlike star 1SWASP J1407, 420 light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus. This object appears to be a vast ring system. At 120 million km across it is more than 200 times wider than the rings of Saturn. The system of more than 30 rings is probably an 'exoring' - an accretion disc around an as-yet undetected planet or brown dwarf. Within the rings, satellites may well be in the process of formation. The Galilean moons of Jupiter - Io, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa - are thought to have formed around that planet in a similar way, hewn from a vast disc of gas, dust and ice.

A year that was out of this world

FROM Pluto probes to potentially habitable worlds, 2015 was an incredible year in space exploration. Here’s six of the most significant moments.

What is NASA’s next frontier?

What is NASA’s next frontier?

WE’VE seen Earth 2.0, Pluto like never before, and the chance of life on Mars. How will NASA possibly top 2015’s amazing year in space?

Panic over twin UFO sightings

Panic over twin UFO sightings

SOMETHING strange is afoot in South America. Two UFO sightings have sparked a frenzy among sceptics and believers alike.

The only pilot who has ever shot a UFO

The only pilot who has ever shot a UFO

THIS fighter pilot had a real-life Independence Day moment when he emptied enough 30mm shells into a UFO to “obliterate” it.

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

Space: What we learnt in 2015

WATER on another planet. Earth 2.0. The secrets of dark matter. We know more about these things today than at any other time in human history.

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Britain's astronaut Tim Peake gestures as his space suit is tested at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, prior to blasting off to the International Space Station (ISS), on December 15, 2015. Russia's Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 46/47 crew of Britain's astronaut Tim Peake, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Tim Kopra is scheduled to blast off to the ISS on December 15, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

‘Hello, is this planet Earth?’

A LUCKY woman just got an accidental Christmas call from space after astronaut Tim Peake misdialled her number.

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This Aug. 26, 2003 image made available by NASA shows Mars photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope on the planet's closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years. Mars is set to get its latest visitor Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, when NASA's new robotic rover, named Curiosity, attempts to land there. Mars has been a prime target for space exploration for decades, in part because its climate 3.5 billion years ago is believed to have been warm and wet, like early Earth. (AP Photo/NASA)

NASA’s costly Mars debacle

OUR fascination with Mars will remain as just that — a fascination — after NASA’s latest plan to explore the red planet backfired.

A NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science handout image received via the Royal Astronomical Society on December 22, 2015 and obtained by the Cassini space probe orbiting Saturn shows Saturn's 200-km moon Phoebe, that seems likely to be a giant comet or a Centaur that was captured by that planet's gravity at some time in the past. Planet Earth could be at higher risk of a space rock impact than widely thought, according to astronomers who suggested on December 22 keeping a closer eye on distant giant comets. / AFP / NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute / handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Giant comets ‘may threaten Earth’

AS if our planet wasn’t already in enough trouble, astronomers now say we have underestimated the risk of Earth-smashing space rocks.

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This image obtained courtesy of SpaceX shows the first-stage successful upright landing of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, December 21, 2015 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, an historic first in the company's bid to make rockets as reusable as airplanes. The company, headed by Internet tycoon Elon Musk, is striving to revolutionize the rocket industry, which currently loses many millions of dollars in jettisoned machinery and sophisticated rocket components after each launch. Several attempts to land the Falcon 9's first stage on a floating ocean platform have failed -- with the rocket either colliding with the autonomous drone ship or tipping over. But SpaceX has insisted that each attempt has helped engineers come closer to perfecting the technique. AFP PHOTO / SPACEX == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT:

SpaceX nails historic rocket landing

IN A major milestone, SpaceX successfully landed its powerful Falcon 9 rocket back to earth, bringing us closer to achieving accessible space tourism.

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U.S. astronaut Tim Kopra, member of the main crew of the mission to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures, prior to the launch at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)

Astronauts to take surprise space walk

NASA astronauts will take a previously unscheduled space walk as early as Monday to fix stalled equipment outside the International Space Station.

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Hubble lightsaber. Picture: NASA

The Force Awakens in Milky Way

INSIDE a galaxy not so far away, a new star was born — and it looked like a cosmic, double-bladed lightsabre.

Russia's Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 46/47 crew of Britain's astronaut Tim Peake, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Tim Kopra blasts off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome on December 15, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

Weird things Astronauts do

IT’S taken years of training and millions of dollars. But before these astronauts blasted off this week, they committed a very bizarre series of private rituals.

Earth in space with a flying asteroid, abstract background

Are we doomed this Xmas Eve?

AN ASTEROID is expected to streak past Earth on December 24, but conspiracy theorists have more disturbing ideas.

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BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - DECEMBER 15: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NO SALES) In this handout image supplied by NASA, The Soyuz TMA-19M rocket with Expedition 46 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) launches into space from Baikonur cosmodrome on December 15, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Soyuz TMA-19M is carrying crew members Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) to the International Space Station for a six-month mission, as part of Expedition 46. (Photo by NASA/ Joel Kowsky via Getty Images)***BESTPIX***

First British astronaut reaches ISS

THE first British astronaut to travel to the International Space Station has docked with the orbiting laboratory, to cheers back home.

A photographer looks at the sky at night to see the annual Geminid meteor shower on the Elva Hill, in Maira Valley, near Cuneo, northern Italy on December 12, 2015. AFP PHOTO / MARCO BERTORELLO

Sky-gazers snap ‘nature’s fireworks’

THE GEMINID meteor shower put on quite a show in the skies above Australia overnight. Here are the best images being shared on social media.

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FEATURES: Caption: Blasting and mining asteroids like in the Star Trek TV series may one day be a possibility. Asteroids contain a wide range of resources to support our long-term prosperity on Earth, and movement into space and the solar system.

Concern over private asteroid mining

BARACK Obama has signed a bill allowing companies to mine asteroids and planets for valuable minerals. But detractors say it breaks international law.

In this December 9, 2015 NASA TV image the Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo ship(C) is seen just after capture as it arrives at the International Space Station. Cygnus is carrying more than 7,000 pounds (3,000 kilograms) of water, food and supplies for global astronauts. AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / NASA TV == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT:

Xmas treats arrive at space station

CHRISTMAS has come early for astronauts in the International Space Station after a capsule carrying presents docked four days after leaving Earth.

Best close-up views of Pluto yet

Best close-up views of Pluto yet

NASA has unveiled the best close-up views of Pluto’s surface, featuring its mountainous and icy terrain that humans may see for years to come.

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Best close-up views of Pluto yet

Best close-up views of Pluto yet

NASA has unveiled the best close-up views of Pluto’s surface, featuring its mountainous and icy terrain that humans may see for years to come.

Want to mail Mars? Better start saving

Want to mail Mars? Better start saving

POSTAL staff reached out to NASA after a five-year-old boy wrote to ask the cost of sending a letter to Mars. Spoiler alert: It’s a lot of money.

Why Jupiter’s storms have us in a spin

Why Jupiter’s storms have us in a spin

JUPITER’S giant red spot and other enormous whirlwinds have long puzzled scientists: They spin the wrong way. Now we know why.

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Apollo 16 trash site traced

Apollo 16 trash site traced

A MISSING disposable booster from the Apollo 16 mission to the Moon has been found — 43 years after it drifted out of sight and disappeared.

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Buzz Aldrin walks on the lunar surface. The plexiglass of his helmet reflects back the scene in front of him, including Neil Armstrong taking his picture. 1969

10 surprising facts about Buzz Aldrin

THERE is more to Buzz Aldrin than being the second man on the moon. From expenses to MacGyverisms, here’s what you didn’t know.

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This image obtained November 24, 2015 from Blue Origin, shows the world's first reusable rocket after a successful landing at a site in West Texas. The rocket ship achieved a breakthrough NOvember 24 by traveling 329,839 feet (100.5 km) into outer space and then landing upright upon its return to earth. Amazon founder Bezos started his space company, Blue Origin, in the hopes of using his New Shepard rocket to carry tourists into space. AFP PHOTO/ HANDOUT / BLUE ORIGIN == NO SALES == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT:

Pack your bags, we’re heading to space

SPACE tourism could be a real thing within two years. A re-usable rocket has just successfully made a big leap.

How Mars is stealing Saturn’s glory

How Mars is stealing Saturn’s glory

MARS’ moon, Phobos, is doomed. It’s being slowly torn apart. But as it crumbles, it will give Mars a set of rings to rival the terrible beauty of Saturn.

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Scientists make unprecedented space discovery

Scientists make unprecedented space discovery

THEY may just look like a few coloured dots, but this is an astonishing world first, and it’s being hailed as proof of a long-held theory.

‘How this object got there is a mystery’

‘How this object got there is a mystery’

A MYSTERIOUS object has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, and it just shouldn’t be there. Scientists are baffled.

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This artist’s conception made by Dana Berry of SkyWorks and provided by NASA on Nov. 6, 2015 shows GJ 1132b, foreground, a rocky planet similar to the Earth in size and mass, orbiting a red dwarf star. The planet is 39 light-years away - within the atmospheric study range of the Hubble Space Telescope.

‘Most important planet ever found’

SCIENTISTS are in a froth over a sizzling Earth-sized world that can be seen by telescope and may hold important clues to life.

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