Australia and NZ submit SKA proposal
Australia and New Zealand have submitted a written proposal as part of the quest to host the $2.1 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, with the final decision to be made early 2012.
View Article8 surprising hunks of space gear that returned to Earth
NASA and others have had their share of spacecraft parts fall back to Earth.
View ArticleNASA's cloud computing odyssey: From Earth to Mars
When NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars at the end of its 563 million kilometre journey, it was a triumph for engineering. And it was also a triumph for IT. The anxiety of watching the rover's...
View ArticleCSIRO telescope takes temperature of universe
An international team of astronomers has used the CSIRO-run Australia Telescope Compact Array in NSW to measure the cooling of the universe since the Big Bang.
View Article10 reasons why Australia urgently needs a space agency
There is a hole in the Australian public administration where a space agency should be.
View ArticleIn Pictures: NASA's rover Curiosity's first year on Mars
Images tell the story of the super rover's first year of work on Mars.
View ArticleAustralian contracts awarded for Square Kilometre Array
The international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) office has announced contracts with seven Australian organisations for preconstruction work on what will be the world’s largest radio telescope.
View ArticleIn pictures: How to protect Earth from asteroid destruction
NASA and others are looking to protect the world from asteroid strikes
View ArticleAustralian National University secures $11.4 million to develop space...
The Australian National University (ANU) has secured a $5 million contract to design the Giant Magellan Telescope Integral Field Spectrometer (GMTIFS)and $6.4 million to help develop a space debris...
View ArticleStart-up eyes mining asteroids for space colonies
From a nondescript office on the edge of the Ames Research Park in Silicon Valley, Deep Space Industries is plotting a futuristic scheme to locate asteroids, check them out and then send in mining...
View ArticleThis top-secret plane has been in space for a year, and we don't know why
It has now been a year since the U.S. Airforce launched the mysterious X-37B into space, leaving many to wonder why it’s there.
View ArticleNASA $1M contest intent on sending robots to Mars
NASA engineers want humanoid robots to help astronauts living and working on Mars to help build habitats, grow food and make potable water.
View ArticleAir Force gets space telescope that can see space objects like no...
The DARPA-developed Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) will this week get a new permanent home at the Air Force Space Command where it promises to rapidly bolster the nation’s ability to more quickly...
View ArticleComputer crashed? You could blame forces beyond our solar system
As our personal electronic devices get more complex, researchers say cosmic rays could put them at a greater risk of operational failure.
View ArticleSoftware glitch aborts SpaceX rendezvous with space station
A software glitch caused a SpaceX cargo spacecraft to abort its rendezvous with the International Space Station early on Wednesday.
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