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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.

Tuesday, February 11 2025 •Matt

NASA Plans Two Future Artemis Cargo Landers

NASA announced late last year it intends to award Blue Origin and SpaceX additional work under their existing contracts to develop landers that will deliver large pieces of equipment and infrastructure to the lunar surface. They expect to assign demonstration missions to these current human landing system providers to mature designs following the design certification reviews.
Thursday, February 6 2025 •Matt

No Shallow Magma Ocean for Jupiter’s Moon Io

Io doesn't have a shallow global magma ocean beneath its surface, contrary to what was previously thought, despite the fact that it's the most volcanically active body in the solar system according to international researchers..
Wednesday, February 5 2025 •Matt

Evidence Found for Volcanoes on the Dark Side of the Moon

Volcanoes on the dark side of the moon mainly erupted about 2.8 billion years ago, according to fragments of basalt - a type of volcanic rock - in soil samples collected by China's Chang'e-6 mission.
Tuesday, February 4 2025 •Matt

Mars May Have Been Home To An Ancient Sea

Minerals on the surface of Mars could be the last remnants of an ancient sea 3.5 billion years ago, according to international researchers. The team say there are features in the southern Utopia region that could be evidence of a coastline, meaning for a short period in the planet's history it could have had an ocean.
Tuesday, December 31 2024 •Matt

Trekzone and MTM’s Best of 2024 List

Trekzone and MTM are proud to once again present to you our second ‘Best of’ list. Trekzone and MTM’s Best of 2024 List
Thursday, December 5 2024 •Matt

NASA Provides Update on Artemis III Moon Landing Regions

As NASA prepares for the first crewed Moon landing in more than five decades, the agency has identified an updated set of nine potential landing regions near the lunar South Pole for its Artemis III mission.
Monday, December 2 2024 •Matt

Southern Launch Get Approval For Returns to Koonibba

Southern Launch and Varda Space Industries, an American microgravity-enabled life sciences company, have received authorisation from the Australian Government for a series of returns at the Koonibba Test Range.
Monday, October 21 2024 •Matt

Carbon Dioxide Detected on Pluto’s Moon

Pluto's largest moon, Charon, has carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on its surface, according to newly analysed data from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Sunday, October 20 2024 •Matt

Planet Earth Defended By X-Rays?

An X-ray pulse could be used to change the path of an asteroid, according to a proof-of-concept study by international researchers.
Friday, October 18 2024 •Matt

Europa Clipper Launches

At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Falcon Heavy has lofted Europa Clipper off planet Earth bound for Jupiter's icy moon.
Tuesday, September 17 2024 •Matt

Galaxies Are Bigger Than We Thought

A shroud of gas stretches up to a million light years around every galaxy and is its first interaction with the wider Universe beyond.
Saturday, September 14 2024 •Matt

Astronomers Take Alien Search Intergalactic

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.