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'Sophisticated' satellite's first photos
NASA has launched the most sophisticated weather satellite ever launched, and the pictures are incredible.
NASA has launched the most sophisticated weather satellite ever launched, and the pictures are incredible.
New movie Hidden Figures tells the story of African-American women who played a crucial role in NASA's early space missions. Does NZ science have its own diversity problem?
A major crack that has rapidly expanded is poised to create one of the world's biggest icebergs in a matter of months, scientists warn.
The world could be set to end in October this year, when a giant mysterious planet collides with our own - according to a conspiracy theorist.
New research from NASA suggests that liquid water once existed on Mars and the dwarf planet Ceres - important clues in the search for past or present life.
Worlds with the mass of Neptune are the most likely planet to form in the icy outer realms of planetary systems, scientists have found in a pioneering new study co-authored by Kiwi researchers.
Speaking out for the first time since he was evacuated from Antarctica, the former astronaut admits he didn't want to give up his goal of reaching the South Pole.
It sounds like an idea that should remain firmly in the realm of Hollywood but NASA thinks one day we might need to nuke any Earth-bound asteroids to save humanity.
As 2016 draws to a close, the NZ Science Media Centre picked some of the biggest national and international science stories that made headlines
The former astronaut, who became ill while visiting Antarctica, has been told to rest up in Christchurch while congestion in his lungs clears.
Amazing NASA photos have revealed new land off the coast of Kaikoura, raised out of ocean the by last month's 7.8 magnitude earthquake
History-making astronaut Buzz Aldrin has always set his sights on the stars.
NASA is calling on the public for help in solving a very important, but slightly less glamourous issue.
Meet the aspiring 'Martian' willing to give up her life to be the first woman on Mars.
It's impossible. But science appears to say it's happening. A prototype space engine seems to be producing energy from nothing.
Trump has said he wants to send people back to the moon, slashing Nasa's climate change budget.
A chance to meet the world's most famous living moon walker was not living up to any of my wildly unrealistic hopes and expectations.
Nasa astronaut Dan Barry makes a strong case for human power in a world where our transportation needs look increasing likely to be
A New Zealand-based researcher is investigating "moonquakes" - a curious lunar phenomenon first discovered by Nasa's Apollo missions.
Sarah Kessans spent the "best week of her life" at a Nasa training centre in Texas.
The New Glenn rocket is named for John Glenn, the first American to reach orbit. It should be ready to fly by the end of the decade.
Nasa launches first ever mission to take samples from an asteroid in the hope of preventing the space rock colliding with Earth later this century.
Canterbury University's Dr Sarah Kessans, who has made it to the final round of interviews for Nasa's astronaut programme, sits down for a quick Q&A.
This might just be one of the last things you ever read if you believe the doomsayers who believe the end of the world is nigh. No, really.
Dwarf planet Ceres should be riddled with craters, but Nasa's scientists were surprised to find it was relatively smooth.
COMMENT: This week I experienced 3 days at -70C and zero humidity while measuring stardust and witnessing southern lights all within one 10-hour flight.
Nasa's Juno mission has survived Jupiter's extreme radiation and is getting ready to send back never-seen-before pictures of the largest planet in our solar system.
Reporter Kurt Bayer takes to the skies to witness science in action, even if it makes his head hurt a little.
Questions about Jupiter are about to be answered as Juno prepares to enter the planet's atmostphere
One of the most remarkable feats of science is set to be achieved 588 million kilometres away, when a spacecraft tomorrow reaches Jupiter.