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The Kaikōura Files: Baffling mystery of New Zealand's UFO
It was New Year's Eve in 1978 when strange lights were spotted over South Island.
China's mission to land probe on dark side of the Moon
China has successfully launched the rocket.
Local Focus: Picnic in the Pinetum
Largest collection in the southern hemisphere. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Recording shows what it sounds like on Mars
The Mars lander has released audio of sounds from the red planet never heard before.
Nanogirl: How vacuuming could save the planet
COMMENT: An interplanetary vacuum cleaner may be about to change the world.
NZ study could help the hunt for Einstein's cosmic ripples
NZ study could tell us more about mysterious gravitational waves - and what causes them.
'Flawless': Mars lander joins select club
InSight is only the eighth space explorer from Earth to make it onto the Red Planet.
'I'm here': Mars probe posts first images after successful landing
'There's a quiet beauty here' - InSight's tweets track its progress in real time.
Elon Musk says he will probably move to Mars
Musk says the likelihood of him going to Mars is "70 per cent".
Watch live: Nasa lands spacecraft on Mars
US has pulled off seven landings in three decades - but this one won't be easy.
Editorial: Commercial world Nasa's new challenge
EDITORIAL: Missions to Mars show off Nasa's engineering prowess in spectacular ways.
'Super Earth' may hold clues to distant worlds
Astronomers discovered evidence of an alien world unlike anything in our own solar system.
'Dark matter hurricane' is on a collision course with Earth
The invisible mass is travelling at a breakneck 500 km per second.
Permanent jetlag: Scientists issue warning over blue light
Increasing exposure to artificial blue light is hurting our health and our environment.
Peter Beck: How Rocket Lab will make money
"It's Business Time is 'business time' in more ways than you can imagine."
Astronaut shares stunning photos of New Zealand from space
Alexander Gerst posted amazing images of the South Island, including the Southern Alps.
Antarctic expedition aid search for life beyond Earth
What does Antarctica have to do with one of Jupiter's moons? More than you might think.
Two weeks with the world's fastest smartphone
Comment: The world's best smartphone might also be its best-kept secret.
Harvard researchers suggest strange interstellar object may be alien light sail
Astronomers spotted something odd last year. Something really odd.
Big read: Are tiny cars the next big thing?
There's compelling evidence that the age of auto ownership is steadily declining.
Sun-sational: Stargazer's miracle shot
Auckland photographer captures the International Space Station zooming past the sun.
Watch: Top physicist on when we'll meet aliens and how to stop murderous robots
The theoretical physicist and best-selling author on why we should leave planet Earth.
Dr Michio Kaku on aliens, robots and why we should leave Earth
Theoretical physicist, best-selling author and science communicator, Dr Michio Kaku has returned to New Zealand as part of his 'The Future Of Humanity' tour.
Competition for Rocket Lab as Virgin tests 'airborne launch pad'
Virgin says this week it mated a LauncherOne rocket to a special Boeing 747.
Sheep space: Is NZ wool about to blast off to Mars?
New Zealand wool may be about to go where no human has gone before: deep space.
Microsoft co-founder's $40b estate: who gets a slice?
Important questions loom about which of Paul Allen's assets are likely to be wound up.
Rocket Lab names site for first launchpad outside NZ
NASA's facility in Virginia has been selected as the US launch site.
Focus: William Shatner's far out suggestion for PM's baby
Star Trek actor William Shatner joked about sending Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's baby into space, as he opened Rocket Lab's new factory in the Auckland suburb of Mount Wellington.
Far out! William Shatner's bizarre suggestion for PM's baby
The 87-year-old actor is opening the new centre of Kiwi space exploration.
In pictures: Rocket Lab's giant new Auckland plant
Between its NZ and US plants, Peter Beck's company is gearing up to make a rocket a week.