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| UpdatedWestern Australian star-gazers are treated to a unique astronomic event at dusk as the sun and the moon briefly 'face-off' from opposite horizons.
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| UpdatedA newly-discovered asteroid with an unusual fast orbit will come almost as close to Earth as the Moon on Halloween weekend, NASA says.
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Astronomers detect a distant white dwarf star in the process of destroying several planets, the first observation of a solar system being torn apart by a dead star.
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The Milky Way has enough star-forming clouds to keep making stars at the present rate for another six billion years, according to a comprehensive new survey using Australia's Mopra radio telescope.
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A new video shows the solar system's largest planet Jupiter from all angles, including its famous Great Red Spot.
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| UpdatedRounded pebbles discovered by the Curiosity rover were carried 30 kilometres from their source by a flowing river on the red planet.
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| UpdatedStreams and lakes existed on Mars billions of years ago, a NASA study using data from the Curiosity rover finds.
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| UpdatedNew insights into some of the mysteries of the dwarf planet Ceres have been revealed in detailed new maps of the 945-kilometre-wide asteroid taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
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The asteroid impact that triggered the mass extinction event that killed off the dinosaurs accelerated one of the planet's largest volcanic eruptions, further compounding the disaster, a new study suggests.
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A Tasmanian scientist says the discovery of water on Mars could indicate that the planet has microbes similar to those found in Antarctica.
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| UpdatedScientists have found evidence of flowing, liquid water on Mars. How important is this news, and what does it mean about life on Mars?
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| UpdatedNASA Mars scientists take part in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session, answering questions about new evidence of liquid water on Mars.
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| UpdatedScientists analysing NASA data find evidence of liquid water on the surface of Mars, but caution there is a "long way to go" before they can say if the Red Planet could support life.
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| UpdatedForget the movie The Martian, we ask an expert about what we'd really need to master to get to Mars, and how far off that reality may be.
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| UpdatedWe've made NASA's latest image of Pluto zoomable. Trust us, you want to see this.
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Astronauts capture a stunning view from the International Space Station as the Sun sets over a golden ocean with billowing anvil thunderstorm clouds.
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| UpdatedAstronomers discover large discs of dust around two nearby red dwarf stars that could point to the birth of a new solar system.
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| UpdatedMore than 3,000 amateur astronomers will attempt to break the world record for the most people stargazing in one place tonight, at the Australian National University in Canberra.
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| UpdatedAstronomers discover a planet 100 light-years away that looks a lot like Jupiter once did and may offer new insights on how planets are formed, researchers say.
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| UpdatedAstronomer Dr Alan Duffy explains how the Rosetta comet mission may have uncovered the building blocks of life.
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Remnants of Earth's earliest life forms in north west Australia are guiding astronomers in their search for life on other planets.
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Astronomer and astrophysicist Alan Duffy explains the significance of NASA's new discovery, Kepler 452b.
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| UpdatedAstronomers say an Earth-like planet discovered in a "Goldilocks zone" 1,400 light-years away could be facing an apocalyptic scenario that provides a chilling glimpse of our planet's future.
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