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Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret
Variable Magnetic Fields Around Black Hole M87*
Astronauts to benefit from brain tests in Antarctica 15 September 2025
Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains what these traces of life are, and how researchers figure out their source
For too long, colonial language has dominated space exploration. There is a better way
Signs of ancient life may have been found in Martian rock – new study
Water Flowed On Ancient Asteroid
Researchers find key to Antarctic ice loss blowing in the north wind
Does Sun Have Seasons?
Global experts head west for inaugural robotics and AI conference
A rocky planet in its star’s ‘habitable zone’ could be the first known to have an atmosphere – here’s what we found
Liquid Instruments’ cutting-edge tech wins the company the ACT Exporter of the Year title
Is there water on an Earth-sized exoplanet? Study offers clues
50 years ago, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to search for life on Mars – the Viking missions’ findings are still discussed today
$41 million funding success for Otago scientists
Farm Of Future Sows Digital Seeds
First Nations STEM stars head to UK and NASA [photos and vision available]
Mission Confirmed: Aussie Moon Rover Ready To Roll
How To Make Metals From Martian Dirt
How To Make Metals From Martian Dirt
How oxygen made the deep ocean home to animals, spurring rapid evolution
This AI model simulates 1000 years of the current climate in just one day
Manchester researchers help reveal asteroid Bennu’s complex origins
We’ve been sending animals into space for 7 decades – yet there are still no rules to protect them from harm
NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 – choosing where is tricky
Findings show NT’s vital water source is drying – and it can be seen from space 
Water recycling is paramount for space stations and long-duration missions − an environmental engineer explains how the ISS does it
Who wants to live forever; thunderstorm asthma; crochet, cocktails and maths; Baroque space music; computing 101
As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk
Striptease meets ‘dirty’ science; blind artist creates quantum exhibition; DNA music; and digital distraction
Swirling nebula of two dying stars revealed in spectacular detail in new Webb telescope image
Radar satellite will give new view of changes to Earth’s surface
Microbes in deep-sea volcanoes can help scientists learn about early life on Earth, or even life beyond our planet
Weird space weather seems to have influenced human behavior on Earth 41,000 years ago – our unusual scientific collaboration explores how
AERONET: ensuring quality satellite data for mineral exploration
Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies
Dune patterns in California desert hold clues that help researchers map Mars’ shifting sands
Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater is much younger than previously thought – new study
Cosmic choreography: Discovery of dancing planets stuns astronomers
Regional Capitals Alliance WA and Kimberley Regional Group Forum – Perth
Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System
From glass and steel to rare earth metals, new materials have changed society throughout history
Moon mining is getting closer to reality: Why we need global rules for extracting space resources
Cornell helps local company bring space docking tech to orbit
How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?
NZ-NASA partnership launches five new projects
Global warming is changing cloud patterns. That means more global warming
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