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A Fast and Weird White Dwarf Star

Astronomers have discovered a very peculiar white dwarf star about 150 light years away, it’s mass is double the average and it’s moving 99% faster than any of it’s neighbours.

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A Helper Satellite

A commercial spacecraft “helper” has docked with a working communications satellite to provide life-extending services in a world first.

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Another Big Bang

Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion we have ever seen. They spotted the remnants of this blast in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, most likely from a supermassive black hole using the Murchison Widefield Array and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.

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Another Mini Moon Discovered

It’s officially known as 2020 CD3, but this baby object is only the second asteroid known to orbit Earth. It’s expected to drop out of Earth orbit around April and return to a heliocentric orbit.

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The Biggest Recorded Galactic Explosion

Supermassive Black Holes going kaboom, tiny asteroids hitching a ride in Earth’s orbit and a helper satellite giving life-extending boosts to ailing satellites. Plus SpaceX dominating our headlines, on today’s Talkin’ Science…

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Perth’s World Class Robotics Facility

As part of the, now officially open, Australian Space Agency, the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth facility will create around 1500 jobs and play a key role in the long standing Australia NASA partnership, developing technologies to assist missions to the moon and beyond.

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Launching a New Era for Australia

Today, in our new expansion of Talkin’ Science, Dr Brad Tucker and Matt dive into the detail of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s opening of the Australian Space Agency headquarters.

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New Information from New Horizon

New Horizon was sent off in 2005 to inspect Pluto with a stretch goal of flying past a Kuiper Belt object to help astronomers gain a better understanding of the early solar system. It turns out, there’s new lessons to be learnt…

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The Cold War is Back on – In Space

For the first time, the US military has confirmed that it’s satellites are being interfered with by Russian inspection satellites. The astronomical community has known about this for a while though, and Dr Tucker and Matt discuss this on today’s in depth topic.

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What We Know About Uranus May Be Flawed

The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 may have occurred during a rare intense wind event, according to international researchers who say this means our scientific understanding of the planet may be flawed.

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The Moon looks pretty good for its age

Overseas researchers report new evidence suggesting the Moon is older than we previously thought thanks to a ‘remelting’ of the Moon’s surface around 4.35 billion years ago that may have masked a far older history.

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