Australian Innovation ‘Sifts’ Space For Mysteries
The first trial of an Australian-developed technology has detected mysterious objects by sifting through signals from space like sand on a beach.
The Journal
The Journal
Since 2003 Trekzone has been home to many iterations, including purely a Star Trek reference site, then our Star Trek fan film series in the 2010’s. But now, in the 2020’s the newly named Journal will present the latest science and space news.
A Mix of Life’s Ingredients Found in Asteroid Bennu Sample
Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA bases, as well as salts that formed early in the history of Bennu's parent body, according to a pair of studies by international and Australian researchers.
Grand Canyons of the Moon Created By A Peppering Of Impacts
The Schrödinger impact basin is an area of the moon that contains two gigantic canyons - that are definitely there whether you look at it or not - and international researchers say they might have found out how these huge valleys were formed.
We Could One Day Make Glass On The Moon That Can Provide Solar Power
Dust on the moon could one day be used to build solar panels, according to researchers who say this could allow astronauts to access power on the moon without carting heavy equipment from Earth.
Melodies Of Musical ‘Starquakes’ Shed New Light On How Our Galaxy Formed
They say music is the universal language of humankind, but some stars in our galaxy exhibit their own rhythm, offering fresh clues into how they and our galaxy evolved over time.
Miso Made On The International Space Station Has A Nuttier Roasted Flavour
Miso made in space has a nuttier, more roasted flavour than miso made on solid ground, according to international researchers, who sent a small container of fermenting soybeans and salt, the ingredients for the traditional Japanese condiment, to the International Space Station.
Aussie Cosmologist Helps Shine Light On Dark Energy
A QUT cosmologist is part of the international research team that's published an analysis that shines new light on dark energy and suggests the standard model of how the universe works may need an update.
Gilmour Delays Again As A Surprisingly Large Dis Galaxy Is Discovered
We're back for the mid-2025 season of Talkin' Science, lets get the headlines across the past week...
How Heavy Are Neutron Stars At Birth? We Now Know The Answer
An international team of astrophysicists from China and Australia, led by former Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational-wave Discovery researcher Professor Xingjiang Zhu who is now a Professor at Beijing Normal University has, for the first time, determined how massive neutron stars are when they are born.
Entwined Dwarf Stars Reveal Their Location Thanks To Repeated Radio Bursts
A white dwarf and a red dwarf star have been discovered closely orbiting each other and emitting radio pulses every two hours. Their finding means we know it isn't just neutron stars that emit such pulses, but these are spaced unusually far apart.
A ‘Surprisingly Large’ Disk Galaxy Discovered In The Early Universe
Dr Themiya Nanayakkara at Swinburne University has made a surprising space discovery - a giant spiral disk galaxy in the early cosmos which is three times larger than similar galaxies at the same epoch.
Varda’s Third Payload Returns – Once Again To South Australia
Ten weeks on from the return of the second Varda Space Industries mission, the first to South Australia's Koonibba Test Range... the third mission has made landfall.
Gilmour Space Delays Eris 1 Launch After Two Glitches
Following a ground support issue that delayed the Eris 1 launch window twenty four hours from Thursday, an electrical fault triggered the payload fairing to deploy just one hour before Friday's effort. Now Gilmour Space are working the problem having put their launch window on hold for now.
Rocket Science Is Hard – Gilmour Space Delays Eris 1 Launch
Following a ground support issue that delayed the Eris 1 launch window twenty four hours from Thursday, an electrical fault triggered the payload fairing to deploy just one hour before Friday's effort. Now Gilmour Space are working the problem having put their launch window on hold for now.
MTM Wrap (10/5/25)
61 days to go until The 2025 Trekzone Fan Film Awards are here, and we have reached an important milestone plus more news and thoughts. MTM Wrap (10/5/25)
Kanyini Releases Its First Images As A Dirtier Space Station Might Aid Astronaut Health
It’s the end of the third week of March 2025. Here’s the science and space headlines from the week that was… Kanyini phones home, shows us the awesome power of...
A Dirtier Space Station Could Be Key To Healthier Astronauts
Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while travelling in space, and international researchers believe these issues are likely due to the overly sterile nature of the International Space Station.
Kanyini’s First Satellite Images Showcase Its Home of South Australia
Australia’s first state government funded satellite, Kanyini, has delivered its first images from space, marking a significant milestone for the space mission. Mission Director Peter Nikoloff is back on the...
Is The Core of Mars Solid? New Data Analysis Says No…
Data from NASA's InSight mission suggest Mars has a liquid core similar to Earth's, but European scientists say the core may be solid, at least below a certain temperature.
Miniature Lasers Could Be The Next Tool Sent To Mars To Find Evidence Of Life In Rocks
Scientists have successfully used lasers to identify microbe fossils in rocks from Earth, which are like the rocks found on Mars, opening up the possibility of searching for fossils on the Red Planet.
Highest-Energy Cosmic Neutrino Makes A Splash In The Mediterranean
International scientists, including an Australian, say they've found evidence of the highest-energy neutrino detected to date. The result suggests the particle came from beyond our Milky Way, they say, although its precise origin remains mysterious.
The First Satellite Images From Kanyini Released
Australia's first state government funded satellite, Kanyini, has delivered its first images from space, marking a significant milestone for the space mission.
World’s Oldest Impact Crater Found – Rewriting Earth’s Ancient History
Curtin University researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was shaped.
Identifying A New Exoplanet Candidate
The discovery of new exoplanets can help scientists understand how planets form and evolve.
Water Might Be Older Than We First Thought
International researchers suggest that water might have formed a mere 100-200 million years after the Big Bang, far earlier than previously thought, and it might have been a key part of the formation of our universe's first galaxies.
Photographer Captures Dazzling Images Inside The Main Ring of the Australian Synchrotron
An accomplished international photographer, Charles Brooks, has captured dazzling new images of one component of the main ring at the Australian Synchrotron and provided an inside view of the electron's path when it is used. A synchrotron engineer converted radio waves produced in the vacuum chamber into sound files.
Varda Space Industries W-2 Returns To South Australia
The Varda Space Industries W-2 capsule safely returned to Earth at Southern Launch's Koonibba Test Range completing a dual-purpose mission with payloads from the United States Air Force and NASA at the end of February.
Marsquake Data Sheds New Light on One of the Solar System’s Biggest Mysteries
New analysis of marsquakes, which are similar to earthquakes, could offer clues into how Mars has evolved over billions of years, according to new research from The Australian National University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The Slowest Rotating ‘Cosmic Lighthouse’ Yet Discovered
Distant neutron stars typically spin a full 360 degrees within seconds. However, a new type of 'radio transient object' - so called as they are detected in radio waves - has emerged that rotate much more slowly. In the time it takes this cosmic lighthouse to rotate you could watch Interstellar twice before it completes a full spin.
Mapping Ripples In A Cosmic Ocean
An international study led by Australian astronomers has created the most detailed maps of gravitational waves across the universe to date in three new research papers. The study also produced the largest ever galactic-scale gravitational wave detector and found further evidence of a "background" of these invisible yet incredibly fast ripples in space that can help unlock some major mysteries of the universe.
How Saturn’s Rings Might Be Keeping A Youthful Appearance
Even though Saturn's rings appear clean and young, they may be as old as the planet itself according to international researchers. It was previously thought that impacts with small rocky debris travelling through space - called micrometeoroids - would dirty and darken the rings over time, but in 2004 the Cassini spacecraft revealed the rings to be clean and bright suggesting that they are not very old.
Gilmour Space Announces “No Earlier Than” March 15 For Eris 1
Australia’s first sovereign orbital rocket designed and built has finally cleared all regulatory hurdles, and now sits poised on the launchpad in Bowen as it waits out the mandatory notification...