Happy Birthday Pluto!
90 years ago today Pluto was discovered – just the third planet to be found in modern times.
90 years ago today Pluto was discovered – just the third planet to be found in modern times.
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…
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.
Boeing is suffering at the moment, not only is their 737-Max aircraft grounded following two deadly crashes last year, with no end in sight, but now the December uncrewed Starliner
Complementing NASA’s Solar Parker Probe and the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii is the latest addition to the solar system probe fleet – the Solar Orbiter.
As astronomers focus on SpaceX’s satellite internet delivery plan involving thousands of satellites, another company – OneWeb – is powering ahead with plans to deliver a rival offering.
The fabric of space-time got a little timey wimey – wibbly wobbly with the discovery of a spinning binary star system causing a real drag. Dr Brad Tucker and Matt
We’ve gotten our first detailed look at the surface of the Sun. Dr Brad Tucker and Matt Miller discuss this awesome view which is giving us insight into our closest
The crowded Earth orbit is posing serious hazards to spacecraft, with last week seeing the potential explosive destruction of two old satellites. You can find us everywhere you are… grab
In headlines this week, Brad and Matt reflect on the Spitzer Space Telescope and discuss NASA’s goal post shifting due to their budget oversight. You can find us everywhere you
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has reached the end of it’s mission as part of the Four Great Observatories observing the universe around us.
We’ve been talking about the space cookies for a couple of weeks now, but the analysis is in… and it’s not all good news.
DirecTV’s Spaceway-1, now only a backup satellite for the US cable network, suffered a critical failure recently, hear this snippet from this week’s Talkin’ Science, or catch the full ep
China’s gearing up to put their new crewed space capsule in orbit, as the Mars 2020 rover team shortlists 9 names.
Australia’s first astronaut spoke with Trekzone back in 2016 about his journey with NASA. Hear the start of that chat with host Matt Miller.
Dr. Geoff Campbell and his team are researching quantum computing and the ability to send information in a quantum state – to get even faster communications!
NASA and SpaceX are targeting a launch period opening October 10 this year for the Europa Clipper mission, which will help scientists determine if one of Jupiter’s icy moons could support life.
A shroud of gas stretches up to a million light years around every galaxy and is its first interaction with the wider Universe beyond.
A new set of NASA science experiments and technology demonstrations will arrive at the lunar South Pole in 2027
JAXA has ended its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon mission
Curtin University has played a major role in an out-of-this-world international study which has taken the search for extraterrestrial life into exciting new territory.
The world’s most sensitive detector sets new limits for finding weakly interacting massive particles or WIMPs
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NASA and SpaceX are targeting a launch period opening October 10 this year for the Europa Clipper mission, which will help scientists determine if one of Jupiter’s icy moons could support life.
A shroud of gas stretches up to a million light years around every galaxy and is its first interaction with the wider Universe beyond.
A new set of NASA science experiments and technology demonstrations will arrive at the lunar South Pole in 2027
JAXA has ended its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon mission
Curtin University has played a major role in an out-of-this-world international study which has taken the search for extraterrestrial life into exciting new territory.
The world’s most sensitive detector sets new limits for finding weakly interacting massive particles or WIMPs
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