Giant telescope detects over 500 mysterious radio bursts from outer space
Astronomers ponder whether they could be coming from extraterrestrial civilisations.
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The far-fetched can quickly become reality, as Covid has shown.
Space debris punctures International Space Station; Nasa warns of rising risk
ISS suffers a direct hit from a stray fragment.
New Zealand signs space agreement with NASA
NZ is interested in making sure that minerals taken from the moon are used sustainably.
Will the next space-weather season be stormy or fair?
New York Times: Another 11-year cycle of solar activity begins.
Milky Way Awards: Kiwi photo one of 'best in the galaxy'
Weather conditions and the stars aligned for the photo of our place in the universe.
Revealed: NZ Space Agency briefing on Rocket Lab's controversial Gunsmoke J launch for US Army
A research or military-operational cargo?
China to send astronauts to its space station in June
Three astronauts blast off in June for a three-month mission on China's new space station.
Britain's X Files: UK may relaunch team of UFO hunters
Sightings of unidentified flying objects have been issued in a report from the US.
Nasa releases stunning new pic of Milky Way's 'downtown'
Composite pic depicts billions of stars and countless black holes in heart of Milky Way.
Astronauts on set: Space Station may host wave of TV shows and films
New York Times: From reality TV to medical drama - productions could be heading to space.
Photos: 'Once in a lifetime' - blood supermoon rises over NZ
Kiwi stargazers were treated to a lunar spectacular overnight.
Focus: Blood supermoon to light up NZ skies
The "blood supermoon" is set to be the most spectacular in years. Video / NZ Herald
Blood supermoon: How to capture tonight's rare spectacle
Staying up to snap Wednesday's 'blood supermoon'? Don't bother with your phone camera.
Supermoon! Red blood lunar eclipse! It's all happening at once, but what does it mean?
A supermoon, a lunar eclipse and a red blood moon all at once. So what does this all mean?
Latest forecast: Who gets the best view of 'blood supermoon'?
A 'blood supermoon' is due to grace our night sky this Wednesday. Where is best to see it?
Virgin Galactic rocket ship ascends from New Mexico
Virgin Galactic forges toward tourist flights to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere.
Get set for the first 'blood supermoon' in nearly 40 years
NZ set to be treated to rare combination of two lunar spectacles - a 'blood supermoon'.
'Mysterious string of lights': Elon Musk's satellites spotted above Auckland
"It was 5am, I was half-awake and I was thinking, What am I looking at?"
'One of our toughest days': Rocket Lab suffers third mission failure
Company investigating the "anomaly"; failure comes just before its Nasdaq listing.
What if space junk and climate change become the same problem?
New York Times: Why the two problems may come to be linked.
Kiwis react after Chinese rocket misses New Zealand
Spared fiery doom plunging from the skies, many were left disappointed.
China 'wins gamble' with rocket debris strike
Uncontrolled re-entry of high-speed spacecraft parts criticised as 'reckless' and 'lazy'.
China's ambitions in space: National pride or taking on the Americans?
Financial Times: China's ambitions in space - national pride or taking on the Americans?
'Reckless': Debris from Chinese rocket has fallen to Earth amid criticism
A core segment of the rocket has reportedly burned up over the Indian Ocean.
First footage shows out-of-control Chinese rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere
Thousands of space watchers are busily tracking the Long March 5B's journey.
Out-of-control rocket: North Island named as latest crash location
But don't panic - most debris will be burned up on re-entry and land in the ocean.
Nasa chief big on climate, diversity, hedges on moon date
As well as reaching for the stars, Bill Nelson wants to diversify the Nasa workforce.
NASA Mars helicopter heard humming through thin Martian air
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California on Friday released video of its Ingenuity helicopter humming through the thin Martian air. Video / AP
Nasa's Mars helicopter blades heard humming on red planet
Nasa is sharing the sound of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.
Chinese rocket likely to plunge to Earth this weekend
Where it will hit 'cannot be pinpointed until within hours of its re-entry'.