Remote WA mining tech gives Australia the edge in space

Remote WA mining tech gives Australia the edge in space

The sheer vastness of Australia and the crucial remote capabilities championed by its resources sector gave the nation the edge when NASA was deciding where to develop a new moon rover.

  • byKatelyn Catanzariti

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Rubble from 81 million kilometres away:Capsule carrying asteroid secrets lands on Earth

Rubble from 81 million kilometres away:Capsule carrying asteroid secrets lands on Earth

Asteroid samples fetched from deep space have parachuted into the Utah desert to cap a seven-year journey.

  • byMarcia Dunn
Is there home life on Mars? This space architect is working on it

Is there home life on Mars? This space architect is working on it

In the lead-up to her visit to Australia – via conventional aircraft – Valentina Sumini explains why astronauts and billionaires crave the comforts of Earth.

  • byRay Edgar
Are UFOs real? How scientists think about aliens

Are UFOs real? How scientists think about aliens

A US congressional hearing has heard that not only are aliens real but the US government is secretly reverse engineering their aircraft. So have extraterrestrial beings been visiting our little rock? Science can’t directly answer those questions,but it can offer some guidance on how to think about them.

  • byLiam Mannix
‘An interplanetary petrol station’:Why the moon is about to get busy
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Space

‘An interplanetary petrol station’:Why the moon is about to get busy

Lunar water could support a permanent human presence. And,if there is potential rocket fuel,the moon could be a refuelling stop and gateway for deeper space exploration.

  • byPeter Hartcher
After mistakenly cutting contact,NASA detects ‘heartbeat’ signal from Voyager 2 spacecraft

After mistakenly cutting contact,NASA detects ‘heartbeat’ signal from Voyager 2 spacecraft

The command,which tilted the spacecraft’s antenna away from Earth,severed its contact with NASA.

  • byMarcia Dunn
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Travel into Earth’s closest cloud complex with 50 newly born stars
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Astronomy

Travel into Earth’s closest cloud complex with 50 newly born stars

NASA has released a close-up image of the closest star-forming region to Earth,called Rho Ophiuchi,which is about 390 light years away.

  • byAngus Dalton
Black mathematician calculated orbits for Apollo moon landing

Black mathematician calculated orbits for Apollo moon landing

Granville was part of a small cadre of Black women involved in the space program celebrated in movie Hidden Figures.

SpaceX launches Euclid in big step to unlock more secrets of dark matter

SpaceX launches Euclid in big step to unlock more secrets of dark matter

The spacecraft will not be alone in peering into the cold storage of our universe,but Euclid will reach back farther,imaging the structure of the universe about 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

  • byKatrina Miller
The Australians keeping astronauts alive and healthy in space

The Australians keeping astronauts alive and healthy in space

Our health workers are the best in the world at operating in remote conditions. Now they are paving the way for humanity’s return to the moon and,ultimately,Mars.

  • byAngus Thomson
First woman among Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station

First woman among Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station

Sponsored by the Saudi Arabian government,they’re the first from their country to ride a rocket since a Saudi prince launched aboard shuttle Discovery in 1985.

  • byMarcia Dunn