Which singer is heading to the ISS?
A FAMOUS singer is set to begin training for a 10-day visit to the International Space Station. Will she become the first star to sing among the stars?
Space
The Beagle has landed … finally
IT turns out the Beagle-2 landed on Mars after all — but it just never called home. The spacecraft that disappeared 12 years ago has finally been found.
TV hosts think Moon is a planet
WOULD you buy something from people who don’t know what the Moon is? To the hosts of American shopping channel QVC: the clue’s in the name, guys.
Astronauts out after toxic leak
A PART of the International Space Station has been evacuated following reports of a toxic substance leak.
Have scientists solved the Beagle 2 mystery?
A GROUP of scientists may have solved a decade old mystery surrounding a missing spacecraft on Mars.
‘Footprints’ of life found on Mars?
A FEW squiggles, cracks and lumps found by the Curiosity Rover on a large Mars rock has scientists on the edge of their seats: Are these the fossilised ‘footprints’ of life?
Meteorite turns night into day
SECURITY cameras have captured the dramatic moment a meteorite disintegrated, lighting up the night sky with an explosive flash.
Earth’s ‘twin’ may be home for alien life
THE odds of us being alone just got a lot shorter: One of three new planets found in life-supporting orbits around distant stars may be the closest ‘Earth 2.0’ yet.
Hubble captures stunning pics
ONE of the most iconic space images ever has been updated, as the Hubble Space Telescope revisits the ‘Pillars of Creation’.
SpaceX calls off audacious launch
SPACEX has aborted its Falcon 9 rocket launch at the last minute, postponing a landmark bid to try the first-ever platform landing of the rocket’s first stage.
‘Death Stars’ headed our way
A FLEET of ‘Death Stars’ is hurtling towards our Solar System. And this time destruction really could be rained down on our planet… but there’s time to prepare.
Rocket’s very bold mission… to Earth
THIS rocket is about to try something that no other rocket has attempted before. It’s not the launch that people will be watching. It’s the landing.
A massive dark hole is swallowing the sun
TALK about huge! A dark hole hundreds of times bigger than the Earth has been spotted on the surface of the sun. It stretches up to 400,000 kilometres at its widest point.
Spotted something in the sky?
IS IT a bird? Is it a plane? Readers are reporting a bright streak across the sky as comet Lovejoy reaches maximum brightness.
CIA reveals the truth behind UFOs
THE truth is out there. America’s Central Intelligence Agency has finally come clean about UFOs. Cue creepy music.
Scientists make time run backwards
SCIENTISTS have created their own universe where time can run backwards, supernovas explode and galaxies grow and evolve.
NASA to hack Mars rover with ‘amnesia’
NASA says the Mars rover Opportunity, which has been exploring the Red Planet for 10 years, is suffering from memory loss.
The sun as you’ve never seen it before
THIS incredible new x-ray portrait of the sun is the most sensitive solar portrait ever taken by NASA’s space telescope NuSTAR.
Lonely dwarf galaxy discovered far away
ASTRONOMERS have discovered an isolated dwarf galaxy about seven million light-years away from us, using data from the Hubble Space Telescope.
This is out of this world
WHEN an astronaut was in need of a specific tool, NASA came up with a genius solution. It e-mailed a ratchet to space. Wait, what?!
Life could be possible on a sideways planet
NEW research shows that planets covered in water could support life under conditions previously thought impossible.
How does it look to fly in from space?
A NEW video released by NASA provides an ‘astronaut’s-eye-view’ of re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere, aboard the Orion spacecraft.
Space as you’ve never seen it before
IT’S ENOUGH to send space nuts into outer space in excitement. But new images of compact galaxy groups have been snapped, revealing space as we’ve never seen it before.
We just emailed a spare part to space
THIS wrench has just boldly gone where no wrench has gone before … from a digital model in an Earth-based office to a fully functional 3D printed tool aboard the ISS.
Is this Death Star headed our way?
AS stars go, Eta Carinae is big. It’s old. It’s volatile. And it’s about to blow. So will it really lead to the next extinction on Earth and kill us all?
Is this Death Star headed our way?
AS stars go, Eta Carinae is big. It’s old. It’s volatile. And it’s about to blow. So will it really cause the next extinction on Earth and kill us all?
NASA’s giant $425 million flop
THEY raced to build a massive testing tower for a space program. But there was a rather important problem, which has left us wondering what on Earth were they thinking.
Russia ‘to build own space station’
THE Russian government wants to build its own version of the International Space Station. If they complete the ambitious plan, it will put them in direct competition with the West.
Mars rover detects signs of life
NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity, has detected spikes of methane in the planet’s atmosphere. Is this the sign of life we’ve been looking for?
Super-Earth: Alien planet spotted
ON THIS strange planet temperatures reach more than 1700 degrees celcius — hot enough to melt metal. And it’s twice the size of Earth.
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