‘Odysseus has taken the moon’:Australia helps guide first private lunar landing

‘Odysseus has taken the moon’:Australia helps guide first private lunar landing

The US has achieved a historic lunar milestone with the touchdown of the Odysseus spacecraft,which marks the return of the US to the moon since the Apollo missions.

  • byAngus Dalton

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Remains of sci-fi legends burn in Earth’s atmosphere
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Remains of sci-fi legends burn in Earth’s atmosphere

Aboard a spacecraft that came back to Earth,were the ashes and DNA from about 70 people,including the creator of Star Trek.

  • byMarcia Dunn
The shrinking ice sheet raising sea levels and disrupting ocean cycles

The shrinking ice sheet raising sea levels and disrupting ocean cycles

An expanse of frozen water larger than two NSWs or seven Victorias is disappearing faster than scientists had predicted.

  • byJames Lemon
A crash-landing,cougars and a roast chook bag:A Sydney astronomer’s daring mission

A crash-landing,cougars and a roast chook bag:A Sydney astronomer’s daring mission

A cutting-edge telescope carrying critical data about dark matter crash-landed in the Patagonian mountains. A Sydney scientist saved the NASA mission.

  • byAngus Dalton
NASA streams cat video from deep,deep space

NASA streams cat video from deep,deep space

The video of Taters the cat was streamed from 30 million kilometres away,or roughly 80 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon,the farthest ever.

  • bySopan Deb
NASA-speak. Easy when you know
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NASA-speak. Easy when you know

Sometimes,space ain’t the place.

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Floating astronaut tool bag can be seen from Earth

Floating astronaut tool bag can be seen from Earth

Two NASA astronauts set out for their first spacewalk around the ISS to take care of some routine maintenance. When they got back on board,something was missing.

  • byJesus Jiménez
Life on Mars? This tiny South American mouse might hold the answer

Life on Mars? This tiny South American mouse might hold the answer

Mummified mice found on mountain summits on the Chile-Argentina border have re-defined what we know about the limits of mammals – and they may help the search for life on other planets.

  • byAngus Dalton
Psyching out NASA
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Psyching out NASA

Hopefully,Bay Staters won’t harbour a grudge.

Sensing a spike in European cars
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Sensing a spike in European cars

While a re-seller gets revealing.

Mission to a metal mass:NASA set to blast off to a failed planet

Mission to a metal mass:NASA set to blast off to a failed planet

Astronomers believe it is the dead core of an ancient planet. Now we are launching a mission beyond Mars to visit it.

  • byLiam Mannix