Clear, pollution-free skies has resulted in New Zealand beating Australia in an ultimate travel bucket list comprised by an influential news website.

Stunning images of Aurora Australis have been captured from Invercargill.

New Zealand is one of three countries to have won a bid to host the world's largest radio telescope.

Parts of eastern Asia were being treated to a solar spectacle as the moon slid across the sun, creating a "ring of fire." Sky-watchers in the western U.S. awaited their turns as the rare phenomenon was due to move over the Pacific and toward them later Sunday local time.

The SpaceX project's rocket launch was aborted in last half-second before liftoff because of an engine problem.

What’s for dinner? For astronauts, it’s much more of a dilemma than for us at home on Earth. Dionne Christian talks to the Kiwi scientist helping solve ‘food fatigue'.