We came here because we are big fans of the original Shaky Isles in Kingsland and wanted to check out their new "branch" in the Britomart precinct.

New Zealand could make much greater use of satellite images, says Southland group.

There are a few reinventions afoot this week in the world of information TV, with the Documentary Channel becoming BBC Knowledge and TVNZ's digital and freeview channel's 6 and 7 merging into one.

If travelling to a new home might take thousands of years, would humans be able to successfully procreate along the way?

After more than 250 days in isolation, three participants of a simulated mission to Mars stepped out to a mock-up of the red planet in Moscow and planted flags in the sand.

The Sun in all its illuminating glory has for the first time been photographed on all sides at once in an historic image.

Kiwi tech entrepreneur Derek Handley on his latest venture into mobile advertising.

A new Rainbow Warrior is approaching completion in a German shipyard.

A still summer night seems like the perfect time to just lie on your back gazing at the stars.

Alien worshippers are urging the Govt to admit extraterrestrial life is out there after the release of thousands of secret files.

NZ's most famous UFO sighting was a moving cluster of bright lights five times the size of a large fishing vessel that dazzled and spooked the occupants of a small plane, files released today reveal.

Thousands of people turned their eyes to the sky for the first lunar eclipse visible from NZ in three years.

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Alien life has been among us all along, according to new biological findings announced by Nasa.

This week, a tiny United States robot spacecraft will make a dramatic encounter in deep space.

NZ entrepreneur Derek Handley has paid a deposit for one of the first rides on Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space flights.

The reality of using space ships as we do passenger jets is merely a few years away.

Bigelow Aerospace & United Launch Alliance have an agreement to push for the creation of an orbiting Lunar Depot. Source: Bigelow Aerospace

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, launching to deploy the SAOCOM 1A satellite, lit up the skies across California.