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• Blood moon or missing sliver? What you may see from tonight's eclipse

  12-03-2025 19:45 via abc.net.au
  
  While America is set to see an incredible "blood moon" this week, only a fraction of Australians will see a sliver of the final moments of a partial lunar eclipse. Here's when and what to look for if you are one of the lucky ones.
  
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• How to see Australia's best meteor shower this weekend

  11-12-2025 19:30 via abc.net.au
  
  You'll need to get up early, but the views could be worth it to catch the best glimpse of the Geminids meteor shower this weekend.
  
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• How to see Australia's best meteor shower at its peak early tomorrow

  11-12-2025 19:30 via abc.net.au
  
  You'll need to stay up late or get up early, but the views could be worth it to catch the best glimpse of the Geminids meteor shower.
  
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• How to see Australia's best meteor shower

  11-12-2025 19:30 via abc.net.au
  
  You'll need to stay up late or get up early, but the views could be worth it to catch the best glimpse of the Geminids meteor shower.
  
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• 'No-one expected what we found': Martian discovery got us closer to finding life

  05-12-2025 19:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Scientists said at the time that the flow of water would have filled multiple swimming pools.
  
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• How to see the last supermoon of the year from your city

  04-12-2025 20:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The final supermoon of the year is set to delight stargazers tonight. Here's how to spot it.
  
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• Sound of lightning recorded on Mars for the first time

  26-11-2025 17:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Microphone recordings from NASA's Perseverance rover have turned up more than 50 instances of lightning on the red planet over the past four years, a new study finds.
  
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• Sound of lightning captured on Mars — but it's nothing like on Earth

  26-11-2025 17:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Microphone recordings from NASA's Perseverance rover have turned up more than 50 instances of lightning on the red planet over the past four years, a new study finds.
  
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• Satellite reveals why we could see auroras so far north in Australia last year

  22-11-2025 05:11 via abc.net.au
  
  While last week's stunning auroras delighted many people across Australia, a massive solar storm that hit last year squeezed Earth's protective shield to a fifth of its size, according to new satellite data.
  
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• A bang was heard as a meteor flashed across Kalgoorlie-Boulder

  21-11-2025 04:17 via abc.net.au
  
  CCTV footage shows the flash of light just around half-past-nine on Thursday evening.
  
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• Super-tough moss survives nine months in space strapped to the ISS

  20-11-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Moss has the potential to provide food for astronauts of the future, according to a study that exposed one of Earth's oldest plants to the extremes of space travel. 
   
  
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• Moss survived nine months in space outside the ISS before returning to Earth

  20-11-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Moss has the potential to provide food for astronauts of the future, according to a study that exposed one of Earth's oldest plants to the extremes of space travel. 
   
  
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• NASA unveils close-up pictures of Comet 3I/Atlas in our solar system

  19-11-2025 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Discovered in July this year, the comet known as 3I/Atlas is only the third confirmed object to visit our corner of the cosmos from another star.
  
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• Debate as NASA unveils images of comet soaring through solar system

  19-11-2025 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Discovered in July this year, the comet known as 3I/Atlas is only the third confirmed object to visit our corner of the cosmos from another star. But there is an opposing view that "is difficult to explain".
  
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• Comet or mystery? Debate as NASA unveils images of object 29m kilometres away

  19-11-2025 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Discovered in July this year, the comet known as 3I/Atlas is only the third confirmed object to visit our corner of the cosmos from another star. But there is an opposing view that "is difficult to explain".
  
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• How Cold War foes became close colleagues — until toilets got in the way

  19-11-2025 19:30 via abc.net.au
  
  It was November 20, 1998, and a rocket wasn't an unusual sight in this remote part of Kazakhstan. But today's cargo was a piece of history that would have seemed impossible just years before.
  
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• How Cold War foes became close colleagues — until toilets get in the way

  19-11-2025 19:30 via abc.net.au
  
  It was November 20, 1998, and a rocket wasn't an unusual sight in this remote part of Kazakhstan. But today's cargo was a piece of history that would have seemed impossible just years before.
  
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• Astronaut and 'trailblazer' named SA's Australian of the Year

  15-11-2025 08:05 via abc.net.au
  
  When Katherine Bennell-Pegg was growing up she was "mesmerised by the stars" — an enthusiasm that motivated her to pursue astronaut training, and has now secured an honour of a different kind.
  
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• They're called the southern lights. But they dazzled Australians further north

  13-11-2025 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The strength of the latest geomagnetic storms has seen the aurora australis light up skies across a larger part of the country than usual. 
  
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• Breaking: Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars

  13-11-2025 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Blue Origin has successfully launched the 98-metre New Glenn rocket with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars.
  
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• Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars

  13-11-2025 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Blue Origin has successfully launched the 98-metre New Glenn rocket with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars.
  
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• Did you miss last night's aurora? You might have another chance tonight

  12-11-2025 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The skies lit up overnight with a spectacular light show provided by the aurora australis. But as the two-year solar peak period ends, tonight may be your last chance to see the southern lights for a while.
  
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• Aurora australis lights up sky over southern Australia

  12-11-2025 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  One of nature's most dazzling shows was on display last night. Take a look at some of the photos taken across southern Australia.
  
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• Seven Sisters star cluster has thousands of 'siblings' across the sky

  12-11-2025 10:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Astronomers have discovered the famous Seven Sisters or Pleiades star cluster, which is featured in many Aboriginal songlines, is surrounded by a huge, hidden stellar family.
  
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• The time to catch Earth's skyshow is now as aurora boom slows

  12-11-2025 01:34 via abc.net.au
  
  One of nature's most magnificent shows, the southern lights, could be on display for large parts of southern Australia tonight with a severe solar storm event impacting on Earth. But the boom in aurora activity will not last forever.
  
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• Chance of aurora sighting tonight as G4 storm forecast

  12-11-2025 01:34 via abc.net.au
  
  One of nature's most magnificent shows, the southern lights, could be on display for large parts of southern Australia tonight with a severe solar storm event impacting on Earth. But the boom in aurora activity will not last forever.
  
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• New 'radio map' of Milky Way reveals where stars are born and die

  11-11-2025 01:40 via abc.net.au
  The Milky Way appears as a dusty band of stars, but by observing its radio frequencies a different view can bee seen, revealing parts of the galaxy hidden from sight.
  
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• 'Highly unusual' suspected meteor event seen across Victorian sky

  03-11-2025 07:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorians living in the state's Gippsland region say they saw a streak of light whizzing through the Sunday afternoon sky and heard a sonic boom, with many wondering if they saw space junk or a meteor.
  
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• 'It was loud, it was violent': Scientists to check if meteorite hit car

  28-10-2025 08:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Andrew Melville-Smith was left covered in glass when an unidentified object smashed into his windscreen — and now scientists are investigating whether it was a meteorite.
  
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• Stargazers push for planetarium in Australia's only dark sky reserve

  26-10-2025 21:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Amid the global rise of "noctourism", the country's only officially listed dark sky reserve is working on an ambitious proposal for an underground planetarium and observatory.
  
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