Space

Japan’s asteroid-sampling mission is officially clear to return its precious cargo to Australia in December, according to statements from both countries’ governments.

SpaceX reiterates its claim made in a May 2019 protest that the Air Force harmed the company by denying it a Launch Service Agreement award.

For some time now, astronomers have known that the majority of systems in our galaxy consist of binary pairs rather than individual stars. What’s more, in recent decades, research has revealed that stars like our Sun are actually born in clusters within solar nebulas. This has led to efforts in […]

Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to record material blasting away from the site of an exploded star at speeds faster than 20 million miles per hour. This is about 25,000 times faster than the speed of sound on Earth.

This Friday, “Space Chat” explores the extraterrestrial.

For the first time, scientists have successfully bounced a laser off a mirror that’s attached to a spacecraft whirling around the moon.

You can hunt for undiscovered celestial bodies from the comfort of your home too.

UNSW researchers have found their previous discovery of bacteria living on air in Antarctica is likely a process that occurs globally, further supporting the potential existence of microbial life on alien planets.