NASA
Under a ‘second moon’, a three-act spectacular comet show is under way
As Earth recruits a rare cosmic visitor, a three-act light show is on display for the next month with a blazing comet. Here’s how to spot it.
- by Angus Dalton
Latest
SpaceX ‘Freedom’ capsule to rescue Starliner crew from space station reaches orbit
The capsule carried just half the regular crew, leaving two seats open for “Suni” Williams and “Butch” Wilmore, who have been stuck on the space station for months.
- by Aaron Gregg
The man who left parents $7 million out of pocket and 600 children heartbroken
Children from more than 100 schools – including Reddam, The Forest High and Marist Sisters – thought they were going on a trip to NASA in Texas. That was until Charles Chung’s company collapsed, owing millions. Here’s how it unravelled.
- by Lucy Carroll and Colin Kruger
Asteroids the size of stadium and skyscraper hurtle past Earth
NASA declared the two large asteroids “potentially hazardous” to Earth, which in another cosmic event is set to gain a “second moon” next week.
- by Angus Dalton
Explainer
Space
‘Puffy-head bird-leg syndrome’: What space travel does to the body
Weird things can happen to the body in space – not least from abrupt changes in gravity as well as weightlessness, radiation and being in close quarters. How do astronauts do it?
- by Jackson Graham
Starliner’s troubled space capsule begins to emit ‘strange’ noises
Last week, NASA officials deemed issues with Starliner’s propulsion system too risky to bring its first crew home as planned, dealing a major blow to Boeing’s struggling space program.
- by Chris Zappone
What AI can learn from the history of the moon landing
In this extract from her book AI Needs You, Verity Harding delves into the motivation of artificial intelligence.
Pacific in peril: UN urges Australia to block new coal and gas projects
The United Nations issued a global SOS on Tuesday, releasing new data showing global sea-level rises have doubled since the 1990s.
- by Bianca Hall
Space headache: Astronauts’ plight piles pressure on Starliner program
NASA deemed the capsule’s troublesome thrusters unsafe for the return journey for two astronauts, creating the latest humiliation for Boeing at the hands of Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
- by Joey Roulette
A billionaire adventurer returns to space, this time on a riskier mission
The mission, named Polaris Dawn, hearkens back to the earliest era of space flight, the 1960s, when pioneers pushed the boundaries of what had been accomplished in space
- by Kenneth Chang
Astronauts who went to space for a week stranded for eight months
The astronauts have been stuck at the International Space Station since the beginning of June – and will spend more months in space before returning to Earth.
- by Marcia Dunn
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