Space
Planetary defence: How to watch NASA’s attempt to intercept an asteroid
While the agency is searching the heavens for deadly space rocks, it also is developing methods for responding to a threat, should one emerge.
- by Kenneth Chang
Latest
Sydney to host world’s biggest space event in 2025
Sydney has defeated four other cities to host the world’s biggest space congress in 2025, in what bid organisers described as a surprise win over well-financed rivals.
- by Michael Koziol
Rings and moons of Neptune visible in photos from new space telescope
NASA has released new glamour shots of our solar system’s outermost planet taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
- by Marcia Dunn
From airport to spaceport, Wellcamp goes into orbit
Satellites could soon be launched from Toowoomba’s Wellcamp airport, but observers hoping to see rockets fired into the sky will be greeted by a more familiar sight.
- by Cameron Atfield
Mars’ greatest hits let us see what the red planet is made of
Researchers have tracked the location of fresh meteor impacts on Mars for the first time, giving them fresh insight into the make-up of the planet.
- by Stuart Layt
Two Chinese astronauts go on spacewalk from new station
China is building its own space station after being excluded by the US from the International Space Station because its military runs the country’s space program.
Violent death of moon ‘Chrysalis’ may have spawned Saturn’s rings
Researchers studying data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have a new theory about how the spectacular rings of Saturn were born.
- by Will Dunham
Video
NASA
From Luna to Artemis: Exploring the Moon across eight decades
Since the U.S.S.R. sent the first spacecraft to the Moon in 1959, the world has forged a fascination with our nearest neighbour -- in small steps and giant leaps.
‘This wasn’t planned’: Bezos Blue Origin rocket crashes after lift-off
The rockets are now grounded pending the outcome of an investigation, the Federal Aviation Administration said.Â
- by Marcia Dunn
Opinion
NASA
Should we even bother going back to the moon?
Even if you don’t see going to the moon as little more than a boys’ own adventure, but with girls allowed this time, it’s hard to see how the economics work.
- by Graham Phillips
Analysis
NASA
Why NASA’s space program has delivered 50 years of disappointment
The story of space travel since we landed on the Moon in 1969 is one of missed opportunities, unfulfilled potential and deep frustration.
- by Liam Mannix