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Giant telescope gets go ahead
Soviet Mars spacecraft possibly spotted in photos
Space fans from Russia have spotted what may be parts from a spacecraft that the Soviet Union landed on Mars in 1971. Poring…
Nasa keen to catch space rock for spacemen to explore
Plans are afoot for a robotic spaceship to capture a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore…
Possible hint of dark matter
It is one of the cosmos' most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together…
Why we keep looking for life
Scientists at the University of Auckland believe they are one step closer to finding life in outer space.
No dark side to the moon
Technically, Pink Floyd had it wrong. The space-facing side of the moon isn't dark. Not that you'd know that, given we always…
Vast tides may explain life's origin
Early in its life the moon was much closer to Earth and the tides were a lot bigger and more frequent.
How to brush teeth in space
Ever wondered how astronauts brush their teeth in space without getting toothpaste up their nose? The Canadian Space Agency…
Space
Meteorite 'from Mercury'
Scientists studying a collection of 35 meteorites that landed in Morocco in 2012 say that a strange…
'Splashdown' SpaceX lands Dragon
An unmanned, privately-owned US space capsule which took supplies to the International Space Station has splashed down safely…
Tech Universe: Wednesday 27 March
Veti-Gel is a liquid that can not only immediately stop bleeding but also initiate healing.
Tech Universe: Monday 25 March
When the Apollo 11 mission blasted off carrying the folks who would be the first to walk on the Moon it was powered by 5…
More strange lights over West Coast
Several West Coast residents have claimed to have seen strange and unexplained lights in the night sky…
NASA denies voyager left solar system
The US space agency has denied a claim made in a scientific study that its Voyager 1 spacecraft had left the solar system…
$244m viaduct fails to allow for walkers
Auckland's newest transport infrastructure - the replacement Newmarket Viaduct - has been completed for $244 million without…
Bizarre planets uncovered
The truth is out there, but when it comes to the search for other planets beyond our Solar System the truth has turned out…
Mars could have supported life - NASA
The Curiosity rover has answered a key question about Mars: The red planet long ago harboured some of the ingredients needed…
Tech Universe: Friday 8 March
Space Archives
The carbon fibre Solar Impulse plane has the wingspan of a 747 but only weighs as much a Honda Prius…
Air and Space Transport
Qatar eyeing flights to NZ
More Air and Space Transport
Negotiations this month could allow Qatar Airways, one of the fastest-growing airlines in the world…
Science
Brian Rudman: Snail-pace action on volcanoes
To geologists perhaps, six years is nothing, writes Brian Rudman. But for those of us on human time, it seems an inordinate…
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- Carter Observatory - National Observatory of NZ
- Stardome Observatory, Auckland
- Auckland Astronomical Society
- Royal Astronomical Society of NZ
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- 30th Anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing
- NZ Space Flight Association
- Kennedy Space Center
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- NASA Mars 2004 (broadband Flash site)
- Astronomical Data from Land Information NZ
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