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Satellite competition winner Bailey Brooks on her cattle station at Lilla Creek, 400km south of Alice Springs

‘Sky muster’ gathers more in NBN’s orbit in Outback

SOUTH Australia’s most geographically isolated students will soon get an internet service that’s out of this world when the National Broadband Network launches the first of two satellites.

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Astronaut Mission Specialist Andy Thomas in undated image released by NASA.

Why spaceflight spurred Andy to save Earth

ANDREW Thomas cherishes the view of Earth from space, yet this privilege has spurred his alarm about the future of our planet.

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This artist's rendering provided by NASA shows the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft around Mercury. On Thursday, April 16, 2015, NASA announced that after years of orbiting the planet, the spacecraft will crash into the planet at the end of the month. (NASA/JHU APL/Carnegie Institution of Washington via AP)

‘Well, I guess it’s time to say goodbye’

A NASA probe has crashed into Mercury at 14,000 kilometres an hour — creating an impact crater 15 metres wide — after running out of fuel.

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In this Feb. 5, 2014 photo provided by NASA, an ISS Progress resupply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, NASA and the Russian Space Agency declared a total loss on an unmanned Progress capsule, carrying 3 tons of goods to the station. The spacecraft began tumbling when it reached orbit Tuesday, following launch from Kazakhstan, and flight controllers were unable to bring it under control. (NASA via AP)

Russia spacecraft plunging to Earth

RUSSIA has lost control of an unmanned spacecraft taking supplies to the International Space Station and it’s plunging back to Earth.

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Russia's Progress M-27M cargo ship blasts off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 28, 2015. Russian officials said on April 28 an unmanned Progress spacecraft carrying supplies to the International Space Station had suffered a glitch, after a successful launch earlier in the day. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER

Out of control spacecraft plunging to Earth

A RUSSIAN spacecraft is hurtling out of control and plunging back towards the Earth. Moscow says there is nothing it can do to stop it.

‘Why I want to go to Mars and never come back’

Why I want to go to Mars

AUSSIE comedian Josh Richards is one of 98 people selected from 202,000 applicants to leave Earth forever and colonise Mars in 2026.

Supplied Hubble turns 25

The mysteries weve learned from space

IT’S been 25 years since the Hubble telescope was launched into space. What we’ve learned about space since Hubble’s launch will surprise you.

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the holiday season with a striking image of the planetary nebula NGC 5189. The intricate structure of the stellar eruption looks like a giant and brightly coloured ribbon in space.

The most mind-blowing photos from space

THE Hubble Space Telescope has been taking unforgettable pictures of the most far flung corners of the universe for 25 years. Here are 25 of the best.

blue sunrise, view of earth from space

What’s Earth’s mysterious ‘hum’?

IT’S described as a ‘kind of torture’ that can drive people to the brink of madness. Now scientists believe they have found the reason for the earth’s strange noise.

This artist's rendering provided by NASA shows the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft around Mercury. On Thursday, April 16, 2015, NASA announced that after years of orbiting the planet, the spacecraft will crash into the planet at the end of the month. (NASA/JHU APL/Carnegie Institution of Washington via AP)

NASA probe to crash into planet

A NASA probe that has circled the planet Mercury for the past four years is running out of fuel. There is no option but a dramatic death plunge.

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In colour ... The New Horizons probe, which is bearing down on Pluto, has captured its first colour image of the distant dwarf planet. Picture: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

This photo is absolutely incredible

IT might not look like much, but this colour photo is the result of decades of work and billions of dollars. And it comes just before the space event of the year.

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This April 14, 2015 still image from NASA TV shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX's latest attempt at recycling its Falcon 9 rocket by landing it upright on an ocean platform failed Tuesday, the company said, after a successful launch of its cargo mission to space.

Billionaire’s obsession crashes down

ROCKETS usually crash into the sea after launching. But PayPal founder Elon Musk insists they can be landed and recycled … And he’s getting really close.

Image provided by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a close-up of the red planet Mars when it was closest to telescope, just 55 million miles (88 million kilometers) away taken with Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, 18/12/2007.

‘There’s water on Mars’

MARS has liquid water just below its surface, according to new research by NASA’s Curiosity rover. Does this mean there could be life on the red planet?

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CROPPED VERSION Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai is pictured holding a backpack in Birmingham, central England, on March 19, 2013 before returning to school for the first time since she was shot in the head by the Taliban in October 2012 for campaigning for girls' education. The 15-year-old said she had

Scientist names asteroid for Malala

A NASA astrophysicist has named an asteroid after teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being targeted and shot by the Taliban.

James Cook University medical student Joshua Thompson, 20, photographed a UFO near Riverside Gardens while driving home on Tuesday, November 5. (Boxes added)

Every UFO sighting on record

THIS is a conspiracy theorist’s greatest dream come true. A new interactive map shows every recorded UFO sighting since 1933.

BBC’s ‘unfortunate typing error’

BBC’s ‘unfortunate typing error’

THE world’s largest particle smasher restarting after a two-year break is enough to get scientists excited. But the BBC got really excited over the news.

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Red For Sale Real Estate Sign and New Home.

Land is literally out of this world

THINK property prices are sky high? Looking for a deal that’s out of this world? How about a block of land for just $15? There’s just one catch.

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Best photos of lunar eclipse

Best photos of lunar eclipse

STARGAZERS across the nation looked on as the shortest total eclipse of the moon of the 21st century took place on Saturday night.

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File shot of a comparatively pale lunar eclipse

Are we in for a colourful lunar eclipse?

WILL we be tickled pink? Astronomers are divided over whether tonight’s total lunar eclipse will colour the Moon red.

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Ghosts in space tell tales

Ghosts in space tell tales

HUBBLE has seen a ghost. It’s eerie. It’s green. It’s from a dead quasar. So what is this spooky presence in our night skies?

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‘The moon is innocent’

‘The moon is innocent’

THINK there’s a connection between the full moon and human behaviour? Think again, scientists say: You’re suffering from ‘poor brain hygiene’.

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‘King hit’ makes probe see stars

‘King hit’ makes probe see stars

THE Rosetta space probe has had a near-death experience after being ‘king hit’ on a close pass with a comet.

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This image taken Tuesday March 31, 2015 shows Typhoon Maysak taken by astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti from the International Space Station. The Pacific Daily News newspaper in Guam reports the storm was upgraded Tuesday to a super typhoon with winds of 150 mph and was moving west-northwest at 15 mph. Officials say super Typhoon Maysak is expected to significantly weaken before reaching the Philippines around Sunday. (AP Photo/NASA, Samantha Cristoforetti) .

Killer super storm bears down

A MONSTROUS typhoon has hit Micronesia with such force that astronauts have been able to capture the storm from space. See the incredible photos.

This Easter could be your last

Enjoy Easter. It could be your last

“THE sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord comes.” That day could be this Sunday.

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This Easter could be your last

Enjoy Easter. It could be your last

“THE sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord comes.” That day could be this Sunday.

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Space station. Generic

US, Russia to build new space station

US-RUSSIA relations may be at its lowest point in decades, but their space agencies are working together like never before.

Karen Draper took this photo of the blood moon from Ruse. October 8, 2014 Picture: Supplied

When you can see the next ‘blood moon’

IF you want a chance to see the next ‘blood moon’ you will have to be quick, because scientists predict it will only be visible for a short amount of time.

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The ghostly heart of our universe

The ghostly heart of our universe

THE UNIVERSE just got a whole lot spookier. The invisible structure holding everything together has been shown to be insubstantial — passing through itself as well as everything else.

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NASA’s $9 billion window to the universe

NASA’s $9 billion window to the universe

IT can peer further into space than ever before. But the replacement for the 25-year-old Hubble Space Telescope has just one hurdle to clear: Politics.

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29/06/2003 WIRE: Artwork of The Mars rover, named Opportunity, (AP) PicNASA/HO illustrations space surface exploration Pic. Ap

Mars Rover survives ‘mind wipe’

THE Opportunity was never expected to last more than 90 days. But some 11 years later, it’s showing signs of its age. And it’s just had its memory wiped.

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