Australian Space News

New U.S. Law Ensures Apollo Sites Will Remain Undisturbed, Forever

New U.S. Law Ensures Apollo Sites Will Remain Undisturbed, Forever

More private organisations are boosting the ability for the public to enter the space race. Soon, the Artemis Gateway mission to Mars will see humans populating the Moon from an...
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2020: An Exhaustive Eulogy In Dazzling ARSE Pics

2020: An Exhaustive Eulogy In Dazzling ARSE Pics

Last year wasn't so bad, was it? At least we know it wasn't in space and pretty much anywhere not called Earth.  We've compiled a hefty dose of incredible imagery...
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China's Half-Kilometre Diameter Telescope Opens Doors To 'Stranded' Arecibo Scientists

China's Half-Kilometre Diameter Telescope Opens Doors To 'Stranded' Arecibo Scientists

While we come to terms with the tragic loss of the Arecibo, a little Christmas present has surprised us.Following the collapse of the Arecibo Observatory dish, China has opened the...
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Choose Your Fighter: SpaceX's Starship vs NASA's Saturn V

Choose Your Fighter: SpaceX's Starship vs NASA's Saturn V

Welcome to another edition of Ask ARSE, where our followers probe us for answers about the deep unknown. Today's question is from a follower in our official Australian Space Society...
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2019-2020 Victorian Fires Caused By Lightning, Not Arson, Open Data Shows

2019-2020 Victorian Fires Caused By Lightning, Not Arson, Open Data Shows

The infamous fires of 2019's hottest summer in recent memory united and divided Australia. On one hand, droves of support provided unity and much-needed relief to those desperately in need. This includes...
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Could We Light Jupiter Into A Star With A 500 Megaton Nuke?

Could We Light Jupiter Into A Star With A 500 Megaton Nuke?

  G'day and welcome to another edition of Ask ARSE. The space where followers of ARSE come together and prod us for answers about the deep unknown. Today's question comes from...
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Our Largest Solar Telescope Snaps The Sun's Hole In Delightful Detail

Our Largest Solar Telescope Snaps The Sun's Hole In Delightful Detail

Sunspots are exciting. They're patches of dark, discoloured surface where the magnetic field is about 2,500 times stronger than Earth's. This focussed magnetism is much higher than anywhere else on...
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Ex-Israeli Space Security Chief Says Alien Federation Is Filming Truman Show With Earth

Ex-Israeli Space Security Chief Says Alien Federation Is Filming Truman Show With Earth

Extraterrestrials exist and several nations know about it. They're also patiently waiting for humanity to "reach a stage where we will understand... what space and spaceships are," says Haim Eshed,...
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ARSE Digest: Only The Best Space Pics You Deserve

ARSE Digest: Only The Best Space Pics You Deserve

We love you so much. You guys came out in force and supported SpaceAustralia.com.au in a huge way this past Black Friday. So, we've curated the most profoundly awesome pics...
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Aussie Astronomers Just Mapped 1,000,000 New Galaxies In 300 Hours

Aussie Astronomers Just Mapped 1,000,000 New Galaxies In 300 Hours

I am, you are, we are incredibly efficient at cartography of the observable universe.Aussie astronomers from the CSIRO have charted an incredible 83% of the visible universe. Making it a...
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