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FILE -The combination photo of different images taken with Philae's CIVA camera system released by the European Space Agency ESA on Nov. 13, 2014 shows Rosetta’s lander Philae as it is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Philae landed Nov. 12, 2014 next to a cliff that largely blocked sunlight from reaching its solar panels on the comet. The head of the European comet mission says scientists will listen for signals from the Philae lander Saturday Nov. 15, 2014 but think it is unlikely they will establish any kind of communication soon. Controllers at the European Space Agency on Friday ordered the lander to perform a maneuver intended to pull it out of a shadow on the comet so that solar panels could recharge the depleted batteries. “We don’t know if the charge will ever be high enough to operate the lander again,” Paolo Ferri, ESA’s head of mission operations, told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/ESA)

Comet scientists wait for signals

IT may be some time before scientists re-establish communication with the Philae comet lander, which fell silent after its power ran out.

CHILL - artwork of planet Uranus in space.

Strange goings-on in Uranus

FOR years, experts have thought that the seventh planet from the Sun was one of the calmest gas giants in our Solar System — until now.

DARMSTADT, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 12: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) This November 12, 2014 handout photo provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows comet 67P/CG acquired by the ROLIS instrument on the Philae lander during descent on November 12, 14:38:41 UT from a distance of approximately 3 km from the surface. The landing site is imaged with a resolution of about 3m per pixel. ROLIS (ROsetta Lander Imaging System) is a descent and close-up camera on the Philae Lander. ESA later successfully landed Philae, making it the first man-made craft to ever land on a comet. The Philae lander, launched from the Rosetta probe, is a mini laboratory that will gather data on the comet. (Photo ESA via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Race against time for comet probe

EUROPE’S robot lab Philae will attempt to drill into its host comet 510 million kilometres from Earth, with just hours of on-board battery life left.

TOPSHOTS French President Francois Hollande (L) and former French astronaut and minister Claudie Haignere wear 3D glasses to view the first results of the Rosetta mission on the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet at the Cite des Sciences in Paris on November 12, 2014. A European probe made the first-ever landing on a comet in a quest to explore the origins of the Solar System, but there were concerns over whether it was fastened securely enough to carry out its mission. AFP PHOTO/POOL/JACQUES BRINON

First picture from comet released

THE Philae lander has become the first to ever touch down on a speeding comet. Now, it has taken the first photos from the surface of the comet.

The picture released by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 was taken by the ROLIS instrument on Rosetta's Philae lander during descent from a distance of approximately 3 km from the 4-kilometer-wide (2.5-mile-wide) 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet. Hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, the European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully landing on the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet. (AP Photo/ESA)

Probe lands on comet in space first

THE European Space Agency has made history – landing a washing machine-sized spacecraft on a comet speeding through our solar system at 66,000km/hr.

‘This is a big step for civilisation’

‘This is a big step for civilisation’

“PHILAE is talking to us, we are on the comet.” With those words, scientists have opened up a new frontier in space exploration.

Peter Siebold, was injured while on the test flight of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. - Photo Supplied Copyright Unknown

Spaceship breakup saved pilot

THE pilot who survived the Virgin Galactic crash said he only survived because his parachute deployed automatically as he is discharged from hospital.

The picture released by the European Space Agency ESA shows the Rosetta mission poster which is a combination of various images to illustrate the deployment of the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. from the Rosetta spacecraft. The image of the comet was taken with the navigation camera on Rosetta. On Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 the Philae lander will be detached from Rosetta to land on the comet. (AP Photo/ESA)

This comet could hold the answers to humanity

THE Rosetta space probe will be attempting to land on a comet for the first time in human history tonight. What it finds could answer some of humanity’s biggest questions.

The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe will release a robot lab called Philae in an audacious bid to land on speeding comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Picture: ESA

Target locked for incredible comet mission

AFTER a decade-long, $1.83 billion pursuit across the solar system, the wait is finally over. One of the most audacious space missions ever is upon us.

How man will live on the moon

How man will live on the moon

THE first humans could be living on the Moon in as little as 40 years, thanks to the magic of 3D printing. But just how will it work?

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In this undated photo released Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, by Scaled Composites, shows Peter Siebold, the Director of Flight Operations at Scaled Composites. Siebold was piloting SpaceShipTwo on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, when it exploded in flight. The surviving pilot was identified as Siebold, 43. Siebold was to undergo surgery, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, but there were no other details on his condition, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said. Siebold also is a veteran of Scaled's spaceship test program. (AP Photo/Scaled Composites)

How I survived the Virgin explosion

HE was plunging towards Earth at 200km/h. That’s when Peter Siebold woke up and managed to give a thumbs up to a passing plane.

This handout artist's concept provided by NASA/JPL shows the Comet Siding Spring approaching Mars, shown with NASA’s orbiters preparing to make science observations of this unique encounter. A pristine distant comet created a once-in-eight-million-year fireworks show on Mars and no humans were there to witness it. But new NASA data from satellites circling Mars released Friday shows that on Oct. 19 when Comet Siding Spring skimmed the red planet, tons of comet dust bombarded the Martian sky with thousands of fireballs an hour. It warped the Martian atmosphere leaving all sorts of metals and an eerie yellow afterglow. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL)

Meteor storm lights up Mars

A PRISTINE distant comet has created a once-in-8-million-year fireworks show above Mars after a rare run-in with the red planet.

MOJAVE, CA - NOVEMBER 2 : Debris from Virgin Galactic SpaceShip 2 sits in a desert field November 2, 2014 north of Mojave, California on The Virgin Galactic SpaceShip 2 crashed on October 31, 2014 during a test flight, killing one pilot and seriously injuring another. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Space tourists demand refunds

WOULD-BE space tourists are asking Virgin Galactic for their money back following last month’s doomed test flight.

(FILES) -- This photo released by the European Space Agency on December 20, 2013 shows an artist impression of Rosetta's lander Philae (back view) on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Philae will be deployed to the comet on November 12, 2014 where it will make in situ observations of the comet surface, including drilling 23cm into the subsurface to extract material for analysis in its on board laboratory. AFP PHOTO / ESA MEDIALAB RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

The biggest gamble in space history

ONE of the biggest gambles in space history comes to a climax this week when Europe attempts to make its first landing on a comet.

(FILES) Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, with a scale model of the Spaceship Two attached to the White Knight carrier aircraft in this January 23, 2008, file photo, at the America Museum of Natural History in New York. Virgin Galactic's first commercial spacecraft crashed on October 31, 2014, during a test flight over California, scattering debris over the desert and leaving at least one pilot dead, officials said. Television images showed the wreckage of SpaceShipTwo, a test vehicle that flies to the edge of space, amid brush in the desert east of Mojave, a few hours' drive northeast of Los Angeles. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA/FILES

Branson: Visionary or egomaniac?

RICHARD Branson has always been someone who dreams big and then turns those dreams into reality. But has his biggest dream yet been crushed?

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MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY in a scene from Interstellar

The science behind ‘Interstellar’

CHRISTOPHER Nolan’s latest film may be a visual masterpiece full of black holes and space rings. But does the science of it all add up?

MOJAVE, CA - NOVEMBER 2 : Debris from Virgin Galactic SpaceShip 2 sits in a desert field November 2, 2014 north of Mojave, California on The Virgin Galactic SpaceShip 2 crashed on October 31, 2014 during a test flight, killing one pilot and seriously injuring another. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Simple clue to Virgin disaster revealed

A BASIC lever in the wrong position could hold the clue to what caused the Virgin Galactic disaster which killed the pilot, billionaire Richard Branson has said.

Mystery meteor explodes over Earth

Mystery meteor explodes over Earth

EXTRAORDINARY footage of a burning asteroid exploding as it speeds out of the Milky Way has been posted online.

TOPSHOTS An National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) team surveys a tail section from the crashed Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo near Cantil, California, on November 01, 2014. British tycoon Richard Branson insisted Saturday his dream of commercial space travel remained alive but warned his company would not

Spaceship’s brakes ‘deployed early’

VIRGIN Galactic’s experimental spaceship broke apart mid-flight after a device to slow the craft’s descent prematurely deployed, investigators believe.

(FILES) Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, with a scale model of the Spaceship Two attached to the White Knight carrier aircraft in this January 23, 2008, file photo, at the America Museum of Natural History in New York. Virgin Galactic's first commercial spacecraft crashed on October 31, 2014, during a test flight over California, scattering debris over the desert and leaving at least one pilot dead, officials said. Television images showed the wreckage of SpaceShipTwo, a test vehicle that flies to the edge of space, amid brush in the desert east of Mojave, a few hours' drive northeast of Los Angeles. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA/FILES

Is Branson aiming too high?

EVERYONE admires Sir Richard Branson and his achievements. But is there a sense, after the weekend’s tragic spaceship crash, that it’s all just about him?

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Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson speaks at a press conference at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mohave, California on November 1, 2014. British tycoon Richard Branson insisted Saturday his dream of commercial space travel remained alive but warned his company would not

Virgin ignored warnings: report

RICHARD Branson has vowed to press on with his dream of commercial space travel, amid claims safety warnings were ignored before the disastrous rocket explosion.

The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket explodes in the air during a test flight on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. The explosion killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Kenneth Brown)

Branson heads to crash site

FEDERAL accident investigators and Sir Richard Branson are headed to the desert crash site of the Virgin Galactic — a crash which killed one pilot and badly injured another.

Virgin Group Chairman Sir Richard Branson speaking at a press conference for the launch of V Australia Airlines where he announced Sydney to Los Angeles as the launch route, at Customs House, Circular Quay, Sydney.

Is it the end for Branson’s dream?

VIRGIN boss Richard Branson has been touting the advent of space tourism for over 10 years. But will the crash of SpaceShipTwo ground those plans permanently?

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TOPSHOTS The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard suffers a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A, October 28, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Cygnus spacecraft was filled with about 5,000 pounds of supplies slated for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions. AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / NASA / Joel Kowsky == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT:

Exploding rocket was ‘a joke’

WHEN this $200 million rocket exploded yesterday, some inside the industry were not surprised at all. Its 50-year-old Russian engines could be to blame.

Rocket explodes on launch in US

Rocket explodes on launch in US

A ROCKET carrying supplies for the International Space Station has exploded on launch, sending a huge fireball into the sky as the world watched on.

Is this rock evidence of aliens?

Is this rock evidence of aliens?

IS this a fragment of an ancient Martian civilisation? A distant, dusty rock has fired up speculation we may be on the verge of an Earth-shattering discovery.

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Sniffing a comet’s tail

Sniffing a comet’s tail…

WE’RE about to catch a comet. And it’s going to be whiffy. Scientists have for the first time found out what a comet’s tail smells like.

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Mind-warping view of black hole

Mind-warping view of black hole

IT took an astrophysicist, a movie’s special effects team and 800 terabytes of data. Now, we have our first look at what a real black hole may actually look like.

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International space station. Around the World in 90 Minutes.

SpaceX rockets back to Earth

THE unmanned Dragon spacecraft has left the International Space Station after a month in orbit, loaded with lab results from experiments conducted in space.

FILE - In this June 1983 photo provided by NASA, astronaut Sally Ride, a specialist on shuttle mission STS-7, monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the shuttle Columbia flight deck. Ride became America's first woman in space when Columbia launched June 18, 1983. (AP Photo/NASA/File)

Why women will be first on Mars

FORGET the blokes, researchers are now saying women should be sent to Mars — and it’s not because they are better at reading maps.

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