Pacific in peril:UN urges Australia to block new coal and gas projects

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.

  • byBianca Hall

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Space headache:Astronauts’ plight piles pressure on Starliner program

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.

  • byJoey Roulette
A billionaire adventurer returns to space,this time on a riskier mission

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

  • byKenneth Chang
Astronauts who went to space for a week stranded for eight months

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.

  • byMarcia Dunn
They went to space for eight days,are now stuck indefinitely,but don’t call them ‘stranded’

They went to space for eight days,are now stuck indefinitely,but don’t call them ‘stranded’

NASA now faces a difficult decision within the next week or so about the safest way to bring two US astronauts back to Earth.

  • byKenneth Chang
Russian satellite breaks up in space,forcing ISS astronauts to shelter in capsules

Russian satellite breaks up in space,forcing ISS astronauts to shelter in capsules

Astronomers said they didn’t believe the Russians would have blown up their own satellite. However one remarked,“but,with the Russians these days,who knows.”

  • byJoey Roulette
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An eight-day trip to space has gone wrong. Two astronauts are stuck indefinitely

An eight-day trip to space has gone wrong. Two astronauts are stuck indefinitely

Boeing and NASA warned that because this was a test flight to and from the International Space Station,everything might not go perfectly. It hasn’t gone perfectly.

  • byChristian Davenport
Boeing faults leave two NASA astronauts stuck in space

Boeing faults leave two NASA astronauts stuck in space

Two US astronauts will be left on the International Space Station for much longer than planned because of faults with the Boeing spacecraft designed to return them to Earth.

  • byJames Titcomb
Parents thousands of dollars out of pocket after NASA trips cancelled

Parents thousands of dollars out of pocket after NASA trips cancelled

Up to 700 students have been affected nationally including pupils from Reddam House,The King’s School and The Forest High.

  • byLucy Carroll andRobyn Grace
Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders,who took iconic Earthrise photo,dies in plane crash

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders,who took iconic Earthrise photo,dies in plane crash

William Anders’ plane plummeted into the water off San Juan Islands in Washington state.

The race to stop people destroying evidence of alien life
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The race to stop people destroying evidence of alien life

Looting and scientific vandalism on Earth has scientists worried we could destroy evidence of extraterrestrial life before we even find it.

  • byAngus Dalton