News Science Space Weird Nokia is teaming up with NASA to install a 4G network on the moon by Luka Simonetti Nokia, as a key telecommunications partner, sealed the $14.1 million deal with NASA to advance their Tipping Point technologies to the moon. If you’re old enough, you may still pair…
News Space Hubble Telescope captures supernova 5 billion times brighter than the sun by Brendan Neville In the most epic time lapse you’ll see today, NASA’s Hubble Telescope has captured the explosion and disappearance of a star 70 million light years away. Space lovers, you’ll want…
News Science Space Scientists are baffled after discovering that the moon is rusting by Samara Louise Scientists have been left perplexed as they try to understand how hematite has been found on the Moon causing its polar regions to rust. New research has shown that the…
News Science Space NASA confirms asteroid headed towards Earth the day before US election by Samara Louise NASA has revealed that an asteroid is headed close to Earth on November 2nd. However, it only has a 0.41% chance of hitting us – phew! It is 2020, what…
News Space Space enthusiasts, the Perseid meteor shower is tonight: here’s when to watch by Caitlin Hely The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year between July 17 and August 24, with primetime showers peaking sometime between August 9-13. This year’s peak shower is set to occur on…
News Space NASA sends ‘Perseverance’ rover off to Mars in the hopes of finding alien life by Ben Hansen NASA’s Perseverance rover is on its way to Mars! The spacecraft carrying NASA‘s latest planet explorer launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral at 9:50 pm AEST last night. The launch was successful,…
News Space What does Mars sound like? NASA launches rover to investigate by Caitlin Hely NASA is going on its 10th Mars mission tomorrow, sending its Perseverance rover to explore the planet and its soundscape. It begs the question, what will Mars sound like? Will…
News Thousands of “campfires” have been discovered on the sun’s surface by Julia Lo Surdo The European Space Agency (ESA) recently teamed up with NASA to produce a fancy new solar probe. The probe has successfully delivered the closest snapshots ever taken of the sun,…
News Space Strap in: NASA’s Curiosity rover is going for a summer road trip on Mars by Claudia Schmidt On Monday, NASA announced that its Curiosity Mars rover would be going on a “summer road trip”. The rover’s journey is set to cover just under 2km of terrain and…
News Space NASA is offering $35,000 in prizes to whoever can design a ‘Lunar Loo’ by Luka Simonetti As part of the space agency’s Artemis programme, NASA is working towards inventing a portable moon toilet. They’re offering a whopping $35 grand in prizes for the lunar plumber who…
News Space NASA releases incredible time-lapse video showing the Sun over ten years by Claudia Schmidt NASA has spent more than a decade looking at the Sun, and it’s paid off. Taking to their website, the agency recently released a one-hour-long time-lapse video of the star…
News Space Finally! NASA have created a perfume that smells like space by James Peppercorn Who knew that space actually smelt like something? Well, it does, and NASA have created a perfume to help astronauts prepare for that smell. Not only this, but the general…
News Marvel at these incredible Hubble images which capture the explosive deaths of stars by Claire Adema Have you ever considered what dying stars look like? Me neither, but apparently it is pretty spectacular. The space telescope Hubble managed to capture some amazing shots of a star erupting…
