This is how a star dies
GLOWING, glowing, gone: The stunning death of star V838 Monocretis is caught by NASA on Hubble Space Telescope.
Space
Will Earth flare-up on Friday the 13th?
FORGET Y2K and these asteroids that just keep missing us. This is serious. Your mobile phone could stop working today. Maybe.
Bold vision or going nowhere?
THIS is possibly the best look yet at what NASA believes will be the spacecraft that will take us to the stars.
Our galaxy’s 100 million ‘new homes’
WANT to skip Earth? Well, scientists say there are four life-capable planets in our galaxy for every living Australian. That’s 100 million worlds.
Earth actually older than we think
PLANET Earth is showing no signs of old age despite scientists discovering it’s actually 60 million years more mature than we initially believed.
The Beast: Asteroid big enough to wipe out a city
A HUGE asteroid is going to sideswipe Earth today. If it was to make impact, it would leave a crater nearly 5 kilometres across, and shatter windows 100km away. But don’t panic just yet.
Evil eye watching from the heavens
IT’S the disembodied icon of evil in film and literature — and it has been found in space by scientists hunting for Earth-like planets.
‘Mega Earth’ discovered in space
THE ‘Godzilla’ of all Earths has been spotted by telescopes and weighs in 17 times heavier than our planet. But what does this exciting discovery mean?
Solar flares erupt from the sun
FOOTAGE of a gigantic eruption of solar flares surging off the sun has been captured for the first time by NASA.
How astronauts workout in space
WITH no Fitness First around the corner astronauts have to sweat at this space gym where they have to go hard to keep their muscles from withering away.
China’s moon rover still alive
CHINA’S troubled Jade Rabbit moon rover is still alive after more than five months on the moon, but is heading for an icy death.
Black hole could be the Bermuda Triangle of space
JUST above Brazil, there’s a region in space where space computers crash and astronauts see strange flashes of light. Is this the Bermuda Triangle of space?
NASA’s ‘alien message’ takedown
IS this evidence of first contact? UFO aficionados are in a spin after NASA appeared to suggest ancient rock art was planted by aliens.
Island’s mystery glow revealed
THESE bizarre lights filled the skies over Hawaii, terrifying residents and titillating UFO watchers. But the US Government reckons they are anything but strange.
‘UFOs’ crash to Earth in China
IT WAS enough to get any space nerd excited, but Chinese experts have revealed the truth behind these objects which fell from the sky and crashed into fields.
This company will have the first ad on the moon
THE moon will soon have its first advertisement, slated for delivery in 2015 by one crazy Japanese company.
Something big is happening on Jupiter
IT IS the biggest planet in the solar system — and it is changing fast. This is the mystery of Jupiter that our smartest boffins haven’t solved.
Spaceport America: What’s in this eerie town?
WELCOME to Truth or Consequences. In this little town dreams will be made. In the middle of the desert there is a space-like object which will change history.
NASA wants to land people on asteroids
THIS isn’t a real-life recreation of “Armageddon.” There’s no clear and present threat to Earth. But NASA says it’s working on plans to send astronauts into space to land on an asteroid.
Speedy star flies close to Earth
IN A GALACTIC close call, a potentially devastating hypervelocity star has been discovered whizzing at high speed near the Earth.
Big bang: Huge blasts on the Sun
NASA has captured stunning views of spectacular “prominence eruptions” blasting off the surface of our nearest star, the Sun.
Space rocket found floating in river
THE one that didn’t get away. A 73-year-old fisherman has bagged the catch of his life after hooking part of a space rocket.
Exoplanet’s day length finally clocked
SCIENTISTS have for the first time measured the rotation of a planet in another solar system — a gassy giant spinning at a breakneck 90,000km/h.
Ring of Fire: The eclipse as it happened
THE sun was overshadowed by the moon in a rare eclipse that only a few places on Earth got to see. Here’s what it looked like around the country.
Int’l Space Station: yours to rent
BORED of Capri and tired of St Tropez? Why not try a holiday on the International Space Station? It could become a reality if NASA gets its way.
The best places to view the solar eclipse
THE Ring of Fire solar eclipse is coming and Australia is one of the best places in the world to get a glimpse of this event — as long as clouds don’t spoil the party.
The mysterious plane speeding through space
IS IT a weapon? Is it a spy? Or is it just there to confuse the Chinese government? This mystery plane is flying through space and no one knows why.
The reason humans can’t travel to Mars … yet
A NEW report has exposed one of the big problems confronting our ambition to send humans to Mars. That problem comes in the form of cosmic ray radiation.
Is it a bird? A plane? No, a dwarf
IT’S known as the white dwarf and it’s doing some pretty cool things in space. See why astronomers are excited by this bright star.
Proof of the Loch Ness monster?
IS it a wave formation, photographic trickery, or a large creature beneath the surface of Loch Ness? A new image has got the believers buzzing.
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