Cassini ends 13-year mission with plunge into Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn on Friday, ending its groundbreaking 13-year Saturn mission.
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on final approach for fatal rendezvous with Saturn
The course has been set. The end is in sight. There's no turning back now.
Australia takes charge of guiding Cassini's fiery death
Scientists who've monitored probe 'since it opened its eyes on universe' to watch over final moments.
Science finds dogs like you for you, not just your food
Using an MRI scanner, neuroscientist Dr Gregory Berns has discovered what your dog is thinking.
What shape is that galaxy? Here's how you tell
Astronomer Caroline Foster has always been fascinated by questions she cannot solve. Especially questions so hard no one seems that interested in solving them.
Eureka: UNSW makes breakthrough thanks to research from 1998
A 'eureka moment' suggests a way over a hurdle that quantum computer scientists saw impeding future progress.
Gem of an idea brings death ray closer, wins 'science Oscars'
Australian diamond lasers may eventually be powerful enough to knock a missile out of the air.
Ancient tablet offers new angle on birth of maths
Research by the University of NSW shows that Babylonians, not Greeks, discovered trigonometry.
Scientists have spiders producing enhanced web that can hold a human
Scientists have found a way to make spider silk five times stronger.
How is it possible that it snows on Mars?
Might settlers on Mars be able to see the red planet turn white? A new study surprisingly suggests so.
Yes, Donald Trump did just stare directly at the solar eclipse without glasses
An aide warned "don't look" at the president as he gestured toward the sun.
Total solar eclipse dazzles America
Viewers outside the US can watch the total eclipse by livestream.
The right stuff: ACT joins space race
The ACT government has teamed up with the South Australian government to put Australia in the space race.
Early forest-dwelling humans may have been more technologically advanced than previously thought
Humans could have lived and thrived in inhospitable conditions in south Asia 20,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Most of us think the benefits of science outweigh the negatives
Most Australians think science has made life easier but feel that change has come too fast.
The tooth that helped find 20,000 missing years
The discovery by Australian scientist Kira Westaway took treks through Indonesian rainforest, a dogged refusal to take no for an answer, and a fax machine.
Facts about our sun and moon you may have forgotten
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you know by now that the sun and the moon will be the stars of the Great American Eclipse of 2017. It happens on August 21, when the moon will pass between the sun and Earth, and, depending on where you are in the United States and a few other countries, the moon can be seen completely, or partially, blocking the sun.
Eye in the sky: the eclipse from up above
Broomfield, Colorado The US Gulfstream V jet parked in the airport hangar here has tracked thunderstorms, blizzards and hurricanes around the world. But on August 21, the jet will soar about 45,000 feet into the sky in pursuit of a natural phenomenon unlike any it has faced before – a total solar eclipse.
'My sister says I am an alien': A 9-year-old applies to be NASA's planetary protection officer
When NASA announced last week that it was looking for a new planetary protection officer, the space agency received some incredulous responses.
Unlocking the secrets - and possible uses - of dark matter
Flying cars could be one step closer thanks to study on dark matter and energy conducted by Australian and international scientists.