Australian Space News

SpaceX’s First All-Civilian Crew Launch To Space Raised over AUD $203 Million for Kids Cancer

SpaceX’s First All-Civilian Crew Launch To Space Raised over AUD $203 Million for Kids Cancer

A first-ever all-civilian space mission launched today from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The goal of this flight was to raise awareness and money for...
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How Do Astronauts Survive Months On End Without Resupplied Water?

How Do Astronauts Survive Months On End Without Resupplied Water?

After a little layoff.... WE'RE BACK! With another edition of Ask ARSE.The game where our followers in the Australian Space Society prod us with questions about the deep unknown... This...
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Sorry Superman, Time Travel Isn't Possible if You Fly Fast

Sorry Superman, Time Travel Isn't Possible if You Fly Fast

For centuries, people have been fascinated with the possibility of time travel, inspiring endless books and movies. Humans would be able to travel through space and into the past and...
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VFX Artist Real Data To Show Us What Buzz Aldrin Seen on the Moon, And It's Not Bad

VFX Artist Real Data To Show Us What Buzz Aldrin Seen on the Moon, And It's Not Bad

A classic photo from the Apollo-era gets a fresh perspective 52 years after the first historical Moon landing. Michael Ranger, AKA rg1213, chose the iconic Buzz Aldrin photo taken by...
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PLOT TWIST: Clouds Are Increasing Global Heating, Scientists Find

PLOT TWIST: Clouds Are Increasing Global Heating, Scientists Find

While Earth gets warmer, scientists worry that our planet's clouds are making our planet hotter than ever. In a new study, scientists used a new way to analyze satellite data...
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Proposed Bill Will Tax Space Tourism, Impedes On 'Muricas Liberty Or Whatever

Proposed Bill Will Tax Space Tourism, Impedes On 'Muricas Liberty Or Whatever

  Those buying joyrides to the final frontier might find an additional charge on their bills soon. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) plans to introduce the Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions (SPACE)...
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70% Of Coral Reefs Are Dead Within 10 Years Unless We Limit Climate Change, Report Says

70% Of Coral Reefs Are Dead Within 10 Years Unless We Limit Climate Change, Report Says

Coral reefs are on the verge of extinction, and only we can save them. We have one last chance to act, according to a recent report authored by thousands of...
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Half-Australian "World's largest radio telescope" To Be Built After Almost 3 Decades

Half-Australian "World's largest radio telescope" To Be Built After Almost 3 Decades

Almost 30 years in the making, construction of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) observatory is finally starting. Representatives from the SKA Organisation (SKAO) announced at the annual meeting of the...
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How This Youtuber Won a US$10,000 Bet With A Physicist.

How This Youtuber Won a US$10,000 Bet With A Physicist.

So, let’s begin at the beginning…Science YouTuber, Derek Muller, claimed he could use a wind-powered car to cruise faster than the wind while traveling directly downwind, using only the power...
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SpaceX Tracking Camera Captures "Smoothest" Falcon 9 Rocket Return Sequence

SpaceX Tracking Camera Captures "Smoothest" Falcon 9 Rocket Return Sequence

In this weeks rocket boomerang impersonation news, SpaceX delivered dozens of satellites to polar orbit - and a launchpad camera caught the rockets return on video. Transporter-2 took off on...
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