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Plants have sprouted on the Moon paving the way for bases which produce their own food.
Nasa warning: Huge asteroids to come alarmingly close to Earth
The largest of the three asteroids skimming past soon could cause a catastrophic event.
Shooting stars, exploding satellites: Why lights in the sky fascinate us
The starry night is an ancient and enduring object of human fascination, expert says.
Repeating fast radio bursts detected: Could it be aliens?
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Editorial: 2019, a further space odyssey?
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China joins space-race pacesetters after landing on the far side of the moon
The first landing is a statement of Beijing's technological advancements and its intent.
Chinese spacecraft makes first landing on moon's far side
A Chinese spacecraft has made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon.
Pluto explorer ushering in new year at more distant world
This spacecraft team will ring in the new year by exploring an even more distant world.
Earth captured in all its fragility
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At risk? Lord of the Rings' TV show execs meet Govt during studio space squeeze
The high-level meeting comes at a time when studio space is in high demand.
Oumuamua mystery: We totally missed 'first contact with aliens'
Oumuamua has scientists completely baffled, it's possible we may have missed contact.
Into the ice world: Antarctica's link to 'space weather'
NZ scientists in Antarctica are using military radio signals to monitor space weather.
Nuclear 'tunnelbot' probes alien life
It looks little more than a giant snowball. But now Nasa thinks it can probe it.
Live: Rocket Lab launches second commercial payload
Its the first time Nasa has booked a whole private rocket to carry cubesats to space.
The Kaikōura Files: Baffling mystery of New Zealand's UFO
It was New Year's Eve in 1978 when strange lights were spotted over South Island.
China's mission to land probe on dark side of the Moon
China has successfully launched the rocket.
Local Focus: Picnic in the Pinetum
Largest collection in the southern hemisphere. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Recording shows what it sounds like on Mars
The Mars lander has released audio of sounds from the red planet never heard before.
Nanogirl: How vacuuming could save the planet
COMMENT: An interplanetary vacuum cleaner may be about to change the world.
NZ study could help the hunt for Einstein's cosmic ripples
NZ study could tell us more about mysterious gravitational waves - and what causes them.
'Flawless': Mars lander joins select club
InSight is only the eighth space explorer from Earth to make it onto the Red Planet.
'I'm here': Mars probe posts first images after successful landing
'There's a quiet beauty here' - InSight's tweets track its progress in real time.
Elon Musk says he will probably move to Mars
Musk says the likelihood of him going to Mars is "70 per cent".
Watch live: Nasa lands spacecraft on Mars
US has pulled off seven landings in three decades - but this one won't be easy.
Editorial: Commercial world Nasa's new challenge
EDITORIAL: Missions to Mars show off Nasa's engineering prowess in spectacular ways.
'Super Earth' may hold clues to distant worlds
Astronomers discovered evidence of an alien world unlike anything in our own solar system.