Is this Solar System 2.0?
THERE’S something odd about our Solar System. We’ve found some 470 stars with planets around them. But it’s only now that we’ve spotted one that looks anything like our own.
Space
‘There is no bigger question’
ONE important question is vexing Stephen Hawking, and now he’s teamed up with a Russian billionaire to answer it.
Hawking leads search for aliens
WORLD famous physicist Stephen Hawking is hoping to go where no one has gone before in a new venture to find other forms of life in the universe.
Jaw-dropping flight over Pluto’s icy hell
TAKE a ride — at 58,000 km/h and just 3500 metres high — over the mysterious ice mountains and strange frozen plains of Pluto. Then find out what we now know.
‘The photo we’ve been waiting for’
THE first up-close images ever of Pluto and its big moon Charon have been released, and scientists say their minds have been blown by what they show.
Five coolest findings about Pluto
TO CELEBRATE the New Horizons fly-by, a number of scientists involved in the project took to reddit to answer questions.
Behind-the-scenes of the Pluto fly-by
AS NASA’s spacecraft completed its fly-by of Pluto, a camera was in the New Horizons control room capturing all of the emotions as they happened.
How the ‘space nerds’ celebrated
NINE years of nervous tension certainly builds up. While the New Horizons probe sailed past Pluto, the world’s astronomers were biting fingernails and letting off steam on Twitter.
Probe survives Pluto flyby
THE New Horizons space probe has survived its close shave with Pluto, sharing a brief burst of self-diagnostics with NASA as it starts to sift through the mass of data it has gathered.
Our close encounter with Pluto
AUSTRALIA is set to play a leading role in Tuesday night’s close encounter with dwarf planet Pluto, on the edge of our solar system.
Pluto: It’s got a dark side…
IT’S our first — and last — glimpse of Pluto’s “dark side”. So what are those mysterious black blotches?
Earth heading for ‘mini ice age’
THINK the Antarctic Vortex is freezing? Solar scientists predict a new ‘mini ice age’ is coming in the next 15 years.
Aussies see spectacular space show
AUSTRALIAN stargazers have had one of the best seats on Earth to see the International Space Station pass close to Venus and Jupiter.
Comet ‘unequivocally’ home to alien life
THIS ghostly comet is home to lakes of ice, craters and massive boulders. But two leading scientists say that’s not all.
‘Supermassive’ black holes discovered
FIVE monster black holes that were previously hidden by dust and gas have been uncovered by astronomers.
Dish detects ancient space signal
A GROUNDBREAKING radio telescope project in remote Western Australia has picked up cosmic waves from another galaxy, scientists say.
Pluto probe ‘phones home’
NASA says the New Horizons deep space probe will be fully functional in time for its historic rendezvous with Pluto, despite losing contact with the craft over the weekend.
SpaceX rocket explodes after launch
A SPACEX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded minutes after lift-off from Cape Canaveral, sending pieces of debris tumbling back to Earth.
Aussies see Aurora Australis again
THE sights are spectacular. Australia saw more of the night-time lights of Aurora Australis last night as solar storms continue to erupt from the Sun.
NASA to nuke dangerous asteroids
NASA is working with the US Nuclear Security Administration at the possibility of using nuclear bombs to destroy asteroids heading for Earth.
‘Pyramid’ added to Ceres mysteries
FAILED planet Ceres just keeps getting stranger: Not only are we still no closer to understand its strange lights, NASA’s just spotted a 5km tall ‘pyramid’ jutting out of the dust.
Is this proof of alien life?
A CLUSTER of bright, white spots on the surface of a distant dwarf planet has left experts scratching their heads. Is it a sign of life?
We’re going to Europa: Here’s why
NASA is about to launch its most ambitious venture yet: To probe the depths of the ice moon Europa, to see if there’s life in the ocean beneath.
Are we wrong about black holes?
THEY may be black. But are they holes? It seems we may have got the universe’s most awesome phenomenon wrong: Are they instead giant fuzzy photocopiers?
The secret NASA mission to live on Mars
NASA has been hiding scientists away for eight months in a dome that simulates Mars. This is what they found life to be like.
‘Hello Earth! Can you hear me?’
IT’S been in hibernation for seven months. Now this sophisticated piece of technology has woken up, and it’s talking to Earth.
Work experience kid finds planet
A 15-YEAR-OLD schoolboy has discovered a new planet orbiting a star 1000 light years away while he was doing work experience.
‘We’re gonna make porn in space’
IT’S one of the biggest porn producers on Earth but the world is not enough for this sex industry giant. Would you join the 62 Mile High Club?
The most incredible selfie from space
AN ocean of troubles beset them. The tide of time was against them. But persistence has prevailed — and a light sail has unfurled — opening up new possibilities in space travel.
NASA‘s ‘flying saucer’ test disaster
NASA has launched it’s ‘flying saucer’ that will test technologies for landing on Mars. However, a fatal error has grounded the project for now.
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