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.

Those searching for life on Mars should look within its ice, according to international researchers.

The most common types of meteorites that reach Earth are likely to have come from just a few asteroid breakup events, according to two international research papers.

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.

Southern Launch has been granted all approvals for the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex located on the tip of the Eyre Peninsula.