Australian Space News

You Should Stop Using These Unproven Alien Claims. Like, Now.

You Should Stop Using These Unproven Alien Claims. Like, Now.

You lean over and tell your mate, "it's aliens, right? It's just gotta be..."  And you did it. You perpetuated nonsense. Well, not nonsense. But you damn well jumped the gun on...
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Nuclear-Powered Russian Spacecraft Intends To Visit Jupiter

Nuclear-Powered Russian Spacecraft Intends To Visit Jupiter

A Russian nuclear-powered spacecraft will head to the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter. Russia's space agency said Saturday that its "space tug" - which transports astronauts or equipment - will launch...
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A.I. is Learning How To Dodge Space Junk, So You Don't Have To

A.I. is Learning How To Dodge Space Junk, So You Don't Have To

A space debris-dodging system powered by AI could replace expert teams dealing with the growing number of orbital collision threats in the increasingly clogged near-Earth space. Every two weeks, spacecraft...
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Why Aren't The Apollo 11 Photographs Blurry?

Why Aren't The Apollo 11 Photographs Blurry?

Good whatever time you’re reading this. As you might know, we are regularly prodded by our followers for interesting insights into the deeper questions of the deep unknown… Who are...
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What's In The Guts Of A Fluffy Gas Giant? This Bumpy Ring Might Whisper The Secret...

What's In The Guts Of A Fluffy Gas Giant? This Bumpy Ring Might Whisper The Secret...

What's in the guts of a fluffy gas giant?Well, we wish we knew…But the insides of these big fart havens remain a mystery as they’re notoriously difficult to probe.However, Saturn's...
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Gaia Sausage Older Than Grandpa Stars, Astronomers Find

Gaia Sausage Older Than Grandpa Stars, Astronomers Find

A new way to determine the ages of stars in the Milky Way narrows down the possibilities for a galactic collision.University of Birmingham astronomers analyzed 95 red giant stars closely...
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Can You Guess What This Is? (And No, It's Not Roo Poo...)

Can You Guess What This Is? (And No, It's Not Roo Poo...)

During the summer of 2018, an asteroid barreled through the sky and burned up over the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. Now, scientists think it came from Vesta, the second largest...
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Watch Innocent Star Get Spaghettified By Violent Suck Hole

Watch Innocent Star Get Spaghettified By Violent Suck Hole

 A spectacularly bright burst of light more than 700 million light-years away is turning out to be an ongoing gift.This was the blast from the heart of a galaxy as...
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Aussie Space Race Efforts Hamstrung By Under-Skilled Graduates, Says QLD Government

Aussie Space Race Efforts Hamstrung By Under-Skilled Graduates, Says QLD Government

According to the Queensland government, Australia's multibillion-dollar space race was being held back because young people weren't aware of careers in the industry and weren't receiving training.A federal inquiry was...
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This Is How Depressingly Long We Need To Stop A Killer Asteroid...

This Is How Depressingly Long We Need To Stop A Killer Asteroid...

An asteroid 35 million miles away was heading toward Earth, and NASA and other space agencies were faced with an alarming scenario last month. It had just been discovered after...
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