Environmental group’s spy satellite to sniff out fugitive emissions

Environmental group’s spy satellite to sniff out fugitive emissions

For years methane was largely ignored in the climate change debate,but now rogue methane emissions are being hunted out with increasingly high-tech tools.

  • byNick O'Malley

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Ladies and gentlemen put on notice
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Ladies and gentlemen put on notice

While the Messiah cops a grilling.

Japan’s Space One Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight

Japan’s Space One Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight

The company said the flight,which was streamed live,was “interrupted” after the launch and it was investigating the situation.

  • byKantaro Komiya
Brain worms,dark matter and stranger things. We explain
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Brain worms,dark matter and stranger things. We explain

We put the natural world under a microscope,from rogue waves and zombie fungus to colliding atoms and meteors.

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NASA’s latest mission – to inspire Aboriginal astronauts

NASA’s latest mission – to inspire Aboriginal astronauts

Indigenous science students have been learning at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and brought their skills and experiences home to Australia.

  • byStephen Brook
‘We’re tipped over’:First private lunar lander ends up on its side

‘We’re tipped over’:First private lunar lander ends up on its side

The company that built the six-footed lander initially said the Odysseus lander,the first US moon landing in more than 50 years,was upright after touchdown.

  • byMarcia Dunn
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A modern odyssey lands us at the dawn of a new moon age

A modern odyssey lands us at the dawn of a new moon age

As 1969 showed,there is something about a moon landing that lifts spirits around the world – and surely a new moon age dawned on Friday when America returned after 52 years.

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‘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
The brightest object in the universe is a sun-eating colossus

The brightest object in the universe is a sun-eating colossus

Australian scientists have discovered the most luminous object in existence – and the fastest-growing black hole.

  • byAngus Dalton
Russia’s bid for an orbiting nuclear weapon jolts public,even if details remain hazy

Russia’s bid for an orbiting nuclear weapon jolts public,even if details remain hazy

While the revelation of the Russian weapon may have been a shock to the public,researchers have spent years tracking and testing for the possible effects of a nuclear blast in space.

  • byKatrina Manson
Russia reportedly developing space-based nuclear weapon

Russia reportedly developing space-based nuclear weapon

Representative Mike Turner has requested President Joe Biden declassify all information relating to this threat,which sources say is related to Russia and space.

  • byPatricia Zengerle