Student experiment goes to space
Australian students are celebrating the successful lift off of their history-making space mission, as their algae experiment heads to the International Space Station in a bid to grow a greener future
Australian students are celebrating the successful lift off of their history-making space mission, as their algae experiment heads to the International Space Station in a bid to grow a greener future
NASA has embarked on a 2.8 billion km journey to Europa to see if life could be sustained on the mysterious icy moon, which has twice the amount of water as Earth’s ocean under its icy shell
Early risers along the east coast of Australia spotted a bright ‘fireball’ streaking across the sky early Thursday morning, with astrophysicists suggesting the celestial treat was likely a meteor
Australian researchers are studying samples taken from a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid to figure out how we can prevent a future collision while unlocking the mind-boggling secrets of our universe
A tech billionaire has made history as the first civilian to complete a space walk – a feat only ever accomplished previously by professional astronauts. See the amazing photos here
The ultimate backyard playground is causing a stir among young Earthlings, with the unique property featuring two spacecrafts to explore – and that’s before you go underground
Two Boeing Starliner astronauts are settling in for the long haul after their eight-day mission to the International Space Station turned into 80 days and has now blown out a further six months
A huge underground cave on the moon could serve as a future base for astronauts
Australian families thousands out of pocket after ‘once in a lifetime’ student space camp company collapses
China has left a reminder of its historic mission to the far side of the moon on the lunar surface. Its spacecraft is bringing home rocks that may explain how planets are formed
A sudden blue flash has stunned people in parts of Portugal and Spain after the fragment of a comet entered Earth’s atmosphere in a spectacular cosmic show that looked like an alien landing
Stunned Aussies looked skyward over the Mother’s Day weekend as a once in a lifetime showing of the aurora australis turned the night sky into a rainbow of coloured lights following a solar storm
The super-Earth planet known as 55 Cancri e is surrounded by an atmosphere of gases, a groundbreaking new study has revealed – but does this mean it holds the conditions to sustain life?
This year’s Eta Aquariid meteor shower is set to be extra special as Jupiter sends the space dust left by Halley’s comet in a closer direction to Earth – and Australia is in a prime position to see it
A mum has written herself into the history books by becoming the first person under the Australian flag to graduate from astronaut training. Her next goal? To be the first Aussie female in space
It’s been more than seven decades since Australians have viewed the bright green Devil’s Comet in our night sky. Here’s how and where you can see it over coming weeks
About 180 million North Americans stopped what they were doing and looked skyward as the shadow of the moon blocked out the sun in a rare solar eclipse lasting an hour-and-a-half
Tick tock: NASA to create a time standard for the moon to help spacecraft from around the world synchronise their clocks
The twisted spiral pattern around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, newly observed by astronomers, reveals new qualities of the hugely powerful object lurking at the centre of our galaxy
The uneven composition of twin stars in the Milky Way suggests not all planetary systems are as stable as our own, with a new study concluding that some planets end up as dinner to the stars