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• Live: NASA praises 'resilient' astronauts after nine months in space

  18-03-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  NASA'S SpaceX Crew-9, including astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, are safely back on Earth this morning after a long-awaited journey home. Follow live.
  
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• Star Wars' Tatooine-like planet baffles astronomers with its strange orbit

  16-04-2025 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  It's not the first time researchers have found a planet like the one in Star Wars, but this alien world has a particularly peculiar polar orbit around its two suns.   
  
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• Source of Jupiter's mysterious 500-degree heat burst found

  03-04-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Scientists say a vast, Earth-sized region of unexpectedly high temperatures in Jupiter's upper atmosphere was caused by a massive wave of solar wind.
  
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• Farm kid with big dreams plays critical role in Moon landing

  03-04-2025 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Aim for the stars, Jaxon Liebeck tells students as he returns to his school in WA a month after directing a landmark space mission.
  
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• Country kid returns home to WA after playing key role in Moon landing

  03-04-2025 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Aim for the stars, Jaxon Liebeck tells students as he returns to his school in WA a month after directing a landmark space mission.
  
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• Giant tide leaves residents 'buzzing' in Western Australia's far north

  01-04-2025 12:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents and tourists came together in WA's far north today to marvel at a giant tide that swept to the very edges of the streets of Broome.
  
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• Light from an ancient galaxy prompts rethink of Universe's history

  26-03-2025 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  A tiny red speck has set a date on an important era in the Universe's early history and given astronomers a surprising insight into the "cosmic dawn".
  
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• James Webb Telescope captures the Universe's first light

  26-03-2025 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  A tiny red speck has set a date on an important era in the Universe's early history and given astronomers a surprising insight into the "cosmic dawn".
  
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• Why have Saturn's rings disappeared from view?

  25-03-2025 02:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Planets don't get much more iconic than Saturn. But if you managed to see it through a backyard telescope right now, you wouldn't see its rings.
  
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• Largest 3D map of the universe hints dark energy is becoming weaker

  20-03-2025 06:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Physicists may need to come up with a new theory for how the universe works, after a dark energy experiment has produced confounding results. 
  
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• NASA praises 'resilient' astronauts after nine months in space

  18-03-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  NASA'S SpaceX Crew-9, including astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, are safely back on Earth after a long-awaited journey home.
  
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• Live: NASA's 'stranded' astronauts to splash back to Earth off Florida Coast

  18-03-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  NASA'S SpaceX Crew-9, including astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Wiliams, will splash down off the coast of Florida this morning after a long-awaited journey home. Follow live.
  
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• Live: NASA's 'stranded' astronauts splash down off Florida Coast

  18-03-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  NASA'S SpaceX Crew-9, including astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, have splashed down off the coast of Florida this morning after a long-awaited journey home. Follow live.
  
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• Live: NASA's 'stranded' astronauts safely back home after nine months in space

  18-03-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore arrive back on Earth after more than nine months in space. Follow live.
  
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• Live: NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 'stranded' astronauts to splash down off the Florida Coast

  18-03-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  NASA'S SpaceX Crew-9, including astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Wiliams, will splash down off the coast of Florida this morning after a long-awaited journey home. Follow live.
  
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• Pictured: Lunar eclipse 2025 from around the world

  14-03-2025 15:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Photos from across the world have emerged of a 'blood moon' during a rare lunar eclipse. 
  
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• Where and when can I see tonight's lunar eclipse from Australia?

  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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• Where and when can I see the lunar eclipse from Australia?

  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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• Millions will see a 'blood moon' eclipse this week. But what about Australia?

  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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• 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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• Blood moon or missing sliver? What you may see from this week'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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• Meteor group 'flooded' with reports of space junk over Victoria, NSW

  09-03-2025 03:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Dozens of people have reported what is believed to be burning space junk moving across southern Australian skies on Saturday night.
  
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• The ISS is 'too clean', and it could be making astronauts sick

  27-02-2025 19:30 via abc.net.au
  
  US researchers have created the first 3D map of the microbes on the International Space Station, finding a lack of microbial diversity could be causing astronauts to get rashes, cold sores and other immune issues.   
  
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• 'City destroyer' asteroid to be monitored by Australian space experts

  20-02-2025 20:29 via abc.net.au
  
  As space scientists around the world scramble to learn more about an asteroid classified as a "city destroyer" that could impact the Earth in around eight years, two Australians are quietly playing a crucial role in shaping the international response.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope captures light show from Milky Way's black hole

  18-02-2025 19:54 via abc.net.au
  
  A black hole might conjure images of a dark, quiet void, but never-seen-before images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals the centre of the Milky Way looks more like fireworks.
  
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• Record-breaking 'ghost' particle spotted by underwater telescope

  12-02-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A special telescope 40 kilometres off the south French coast has detected a slippery particle called a neutrino — and it's unlike anything physicists have seen before.
  
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• Scientists find life's building blocks in Asteroid dust

  30-01-2025 02:56 via abc.net.au
  
  NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission teases new insights on how life began on Earth. 
  
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• Researchers detect 'mysterious' space signals using new technology

  28-01-2025 08:07 via abc.net.au
  
  A group of Australian researchers have found more than 20 mysterious signals in space, thanks to new technology developed by the CSIRO.
  
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• New CSIRO technology detects more than 20 mysterious signals in space

  28-01-2025 01:33 via abc.net.au
  
  It was the first trial of new technology developed in Australia by astronomers and engineers at the national science agency, CSIRO.
  
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• The ATLAS comet is 'dead'. Here's how to see its 'spectacular' swan song

  23-01-2025 05:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts think the comet started breaking up last week, but it's still putting on a show for star gazers for a few more days. 
  
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