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Swinburnes Spotlight on STEM: A Night of Space Innovation with Shelli Brunswick
Clearest images yet of 380,000-year-old baby universe released
First comprehensive data release of Euclid space telescope 
Doctor Is In Ice House
As the rescued astronauts return, space law is still in orbit over who’s responsible when missions go wrong
Laws governing space are 50 years old. New ones are needed to prevent it becoming a ‘wild west’
What was the first thing scientists discovered? A historian makes the case for Babylonian astronomy
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Saturn now has 274 moons – but exactly what makes something a moon remains unclear
3D printing will help space pioneers make homes, tools and other stuff they need to colonize the Moon and Mars
Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all
How’s Weather On Mars?
Chances Of Anything Coming From Mars
Fire in motion: New animation platform and updates to key bushfire resources
Beyond our solar system: scientists identify a new exoplanet candidate
UniSQ tracks history-making re-entry of space capsule over South Australia
Indian Spacecraft Aditya-L1 Observes Solar Flare
Whales sing when they’ve had a good meal – new research
One Step For Mankind, Giant Leap For Roo-ver
Samstag explores the chaos of communication to open its 2025 exhibition program
Scientists have discovered a 3 billion-year-old beach buried on Mars
NASA’s new telescope will create the ‘most colourful’ map of the cosmos ever made
Creative progress or mass theft? Why a major AI art auction is provoking wonder – and outrage
Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US technological competitiveness
PolyU and international scientists utilise satellite positioning data to unveil ice sheet melt behaviour in Greenland, aiding in the assessment of sea-level rise
Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
Highest Energy Neutrino Ever Observed
Researchers control metal microstructure for better 3D printing
RACS Celebrates International Women’s Day 2025
Spacefarers may contaminate other worlds – but scientists have plans to keep the cosmos clean
New UN report offers insights into how geospatial technology can advance the global food security agenda
Lightning strikes link weather on Earth and weather in space
Albanese government bans DeepSeek from official devices on security grounds
What are cooling blankets? Can they really help me sleep?
Supersonic jets are making a comeback – but despite the hype, don’t expect to book yet
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
One of the largest searches for alien life started 30 years ago. Its legacy lives on today
Life’s Building Blocks In Bennu Samples
Only the Astronauts: book of space stories reveals secret lives of galactic junk
Pristine asteroid samples reveal secrets of the ancient solar system
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early Solar System
Manchester scientist helps uncover life’s biggest secrets in Asteroid Bennu
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
Research Informs Cybersecurity Executive Order
New marsquake data could help solve one of our solar system’s ‘biggest mysteries’ 
Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots − here’s why
Panorama of our nearest galactic neighbor unveils hundreds of millions of stars
The Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of southern Texas