Comets, meteors and supermoons: A star-gazer’s guide to 2024
There's plenty on the calendar to keep stargazers and space enthusiasts happy this year.
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Japan lands on moon, but power supply issue threatens mission
It wasn’t immediately clear if the landing was a success.
The new space race is causing new pollution problems
New York Times: Earth’s stratosphere has never seen this level of emissions and waste.
Denny and the Jet: Kiwi artist orbits the strange world of Silicon Valley
Artist Simon Denny on space and critiquing and selling to billionaires.
Maramataka expert Heeni Hoterene wants Māori to oppose moon burials
'As indigenous people and as Māori, we must support Navajo'.
A stunning eclipse, a moon race and other space events in 2024
New York Times: The year ahead promises more in orbit and around the solar system.
Shooting star to light up night sky
46P/Wirtanen passes close to Earth on Friday morning. Get up early to catch a glimpse.
Will cloud cover spoil the rare meteor-shower spectacle?
'This clump will exist for this one pass and we are going to plough through it.'
Minister for Space: Is this really what NZ needs from Judith Collins?
The space race is back on, but what role can we play?
Audrey Young on Luxon's first Cabinet - the good, the bad and the unfair
OPINION: Cabinet positions suggests National well and truly in charge.
Does Starship blowing up, again, put One NZ’s promise of a 'mobile-to-satellite service in 2024' at risk?
PLUS: 2degrees, Spark update on plans with Starlink rival Lynk.
A supernova destroyed some of Earth’s ozone for a few minutes in 2022
New York Times: A closer explosion could cause widespread extinction, scientists say.
SpaceX launches most powerful rocket ever built - but explosions end test flight
The room grew quiet once it was clear the spaceship had been destroyed.
Butter-fingered astronauts drop tool bag in space - it’s now orbiting Earth
It was caught on camera by a co-worker on the International Space Station.
Nasa spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid
It turns out that the asteroid Dinkinesh has a dinky sidekick.
Markets with Madison: Space economy
New industries are emerging as space becomes more open for business. Rocket Lab’s CEO reveals what opportunities it’s chasing in the space economy as it competes with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Video / NZ Herald / Cameron Pitney / Getty
AstroForge's plan to mine near-Earth asteroids
Andrew Sather, principal at Initialized Capital, on why he invested in AstroForge, a US asteroid-mining startup that will use propulsion systems supplied by Christchurch's Dawn Aerospace. Video / AstroForge
'Thrilling': Nasa spacecraft launched to mysterious rare metal asteroid
Nasa’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away on Friday on a six-year journey.
Amazon launches test satellites for its planned internet service
The planned internet service aims to improve global internet coverage.
Maybe in your lifetime, people will live on the moon and then Mars
New York Times: Nasa is plotting how to build houses on the moon by 2040.
Rocket Lab's new satellite parts business
A recent expansion of its Mt Wellington plant means Rocket Lab can now manufacture 2000 reaction wheels per year. Video / Corey Fleming
Editorial: Space race increasingly picks up pace
OPINION: Our editorial on the space race latest, the return of Nasa’s asteroid samples.
'We have touchdown': Nasa’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after seven-year journey
The samples are a staggering 4.5 billion years old.
Astronaut ready for silence after record-setting full year in space
New York Times: Frank Rubio was only supposed to be away for six months.
Nasa spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid
A spacecraft will fly by Earth to drop off pebbles and dust collected from asteroid Bennu.
Nasa has a UFO research director, but he remains unidentified
New York Times: Some of its other experts have been harassed and threatened, Nasa says.
Exoplanet 120 light years from Earth hints at possible life and rare oceans
Molecule unique to life on Earth was detected in the atmosphere.
‘Time to damage property’: Rocket Lab protesters promise ‘direct action'
NZ Aerospace Summit in Christchurch hit by protest - which promises escalation tomorrow.
Space couple win Kea award, address protest over industry’s defence ties
2023 winners drawn from health, arts, education and aerospace sectors.
Opinion: The new scramble for space requires a fresh set of rules
FT: Once the preserve of powerful nations - soon, this will no longer be the case.
‘Really unusual’ meteor shower expected in NZ skies
A rare and spectacular meteor shower will unfold over NZ skies later this year.
‘Alien artefact’ that may be similar to ‘dino-killer fragment’
Harvard physicist criticised by peers for ‘over-hyped’ claims of interstellar spacecraft.
India launches first spacecraft mission to the sun
India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Aug. 23.