Space
Scott Kelly, the twin who went to space and returned just a brother
The astronaut spent a year on board the ISS and has come back genetically different, scientists have discovered.
- by Sarah Knapton
Latest
Jeff Bezos
Amazon CEO Bezos to spend his fortune on space travel as mum joins in
Jeff Bezos wants to make space travel as dynamic and entrepreneurial as the internet.
- by Amanda Gordon & Tom Metcalf
Science
New images snapped by probe orbiting Jupiter reveal cluster cyclones
From its perch, flitting high above Jupiter’s cloudtops, the tiny spacecraft Juno has given us an extraordinary new view of the innards of the Solar System’s giant.
- by Liam Mannix
Space
In major discovery, silhouette from the time of the first stars found
Astronomers working in outback WA have found signals from the earliest stars in the universe.
- by Liam Mannix
Space
Milky Waves: Skimming stars stirred ripples across face of our galaxy
Viewed over billions of years, our galaxy is like a churning ocean, the surface of the disc constantly warped by waves that crash and break.
- by Liam Mannix
North America
Trump wants to turn space into the next free-market paradise
America’s regulations for off-planet activity were written in the 1980s. They’re about to be remade, with a capitalist bent.
- by Justin Bachman
Space
Aussie rocket brothers ink NASA deal as local space agency wait continues
Gold Coast's Gilmour Space Technologies has big plans for its nano satellites, but they're unlikely to be launched from Australia.
- by Ben Grubb
Opinion
Business
World will be shocked by new space race
Start-ups not superpowers are leading the charge to explore, exploit and expand into space.
- by Alan Duffy
Tully
UFO culture: State Library of Queensland collects its own X-Files
Queensland is an epicentre for all things alien, according to its oldest UFO association.
- by Anna Levy