BusinessConcerns over NZ rocket launch falloutGovernment is looking to regulate how waste from rocket launches will be disposed of upon returning to Earth.02 Aug 09:50 PM
WorldThe asteroid that could hit EarthAn asteroid set to narrowly miss Earth could cause 'immense suffering and death' years later if its orbit is changed when it passes dangerously near to our planet.01 Aug 01:49 AM
New ZealandMan behind Juno spacecraft and its 'suicidal dive-bomb mentality'The US space physicist behind the Juno spacecraft's historic entry into Jupiter's orbit this month admits the whole concept seemed a pipe-dream at first.29 Jul 05:30 PM
WorldThe end is nigh, say Doomsday believersThis might just be one of the last things you ever read if you believe the doomsayers who believe the end of the world is nigh. No, really.29 Jul 08:34 AM
New ZealandWatch NZ Herald Focus: German Chancellor pledges to keep country safeWatch NZH Focus: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to do "everything humanly possible" to keep Germany safe following a string of attacks including two carried out by asylum-seekers. At least 77 people have died and several are missing in floods and landslides in Nepal. Donald Trump now he says he was joking when he ¬challenged Russia to hack into her emails Watch28 Jul 06:22 PM
WorldJupiter's atmosphere hotter than it should beJupiter's Great Red Spot might be making the planet red hot.28 Jul 04:33 AM
WorldPlanet mysteriously erases cratersDwarf planet Ceres should be riddled with craters, but Nasa's scientists were surprised to find it was relatively smooth.27 Jul 08:11 PM
WorldAstronauts deep diving to prepare for life in spaceThe NEEMO explorers say it's going swimmingly.27 Jul 05:30 AM
New ZealandWill we find alien life this century?A scientist shares five reasons we might find alien life this century - and five we reasons we might not.26 Jul 11:29 PM
BusinessCompanies flood Earth's orbit with satellitesThe number of operational satellites has jumped 40 percent in the past five years, with nearly 1,400 now orbit the Earth.24 Jul 09:50 PM
WorldApollo astronauts' 'graffiti' revealed inside historic moon capsuleAs the Apollo 11 astronauts hurtled toward their historic rendezvous with the moon 47 years ago this week, they kept a hand-drawn calendar on the wall of their command module.22 Jul 05:36 AM
New ZealandExplained: Space junk that fell to NZDo we need to be worried about pieces of junk falling out of space and into our atmosphere?20 Jul 02:09 AM
New ZealandWhich NZ city is caught in the lights?A striking photograph taken from a Nasa flying observatory at a height of 44,000ft shows the extent of light pollution caused by a NZ's city's street lights.18 Jul 09:49 PM
WorldBroken telescope discovers new planetsThe space robot formerly known as Kepler should have stopped working in 2013, but scientists just confirmed new planets found in its second life.18 Jul 06:28 PM
WorldJuno gears up for first Jupiter close-upsNasa's Juno mission has survived Jupiter's extreme radiation and is getting ready to send back never-seen-before pictures of the largest planet in our solar system.13 Jul 11:14 PM
BusinessRocket Lab unveils new satellite dealNZ company Rocket Lab is a step closer to lift off, today saying it had done a deal for three satellite launches .12 Jul 07:00 PM
New ZealandSmall step for Mahia, giant leap for NZSheep, hills, remoteness and rockets. New Zealand is about to blast off from distant Mahia and into the world's $350 billion space economy.09 Jul 05:00 PM
EditorialEditorial: Space craft pays homage to scienceWay out in space, so far that it takes a message nearly an hour to reach earth, the Nasa craft Juno is doing what the classical mythologists anticipated.08 Jul 05:00 PM
SportWatch NZ Herald Focus: 180 die in flooding in China More than 180 people have died in flooding along the Yangtze River in China after torrential rain. Eleven million dollars is going being pumped into Dunedin Hospital, for a new critical care unit. Watch04 Jul 06:28 PM
WorldHow Juno could tell us where we came fromOn July 4, Juno will give us an unprecedented look at our solar system's weirdest planet.29 Jun 08:33 PM
WorldThe sun has lost its spotsThe sun has gone completely "blank" for the second time this month.29 Jun 07:09 AM
BusinessNASA tests booster rocket for Mars missionsWATCH: NASA has tested rocket boosters that it hopes will power its new rocket to fly to Mars.29 Jun 12:00 AM
WorldHow Juno could solve riddle of JupiterThe largest planet in the solar system may finally give up its secrets thanks to a new probe.24 Jun 05:00 PM
WorldChina's big threat to peace in 2030It's a scary, but potentially real threat facing the world by 2030. But one expert warns China's cyber war capabilities will be more dangerous than anything else happening today.23 Jun 07:00 PM
WorldScientists crack mystery of Venus' vanished waterSuper-powerful electric winds may have blown it into space.21 Jun 11:02 PM
WorldTeachers, farmers: Nasa has spot for you on MarsNASA wants YOU to get amped for the "Journey to Mars".21 Jun 09:04 PM
AirlinesMicrosoft co-founder is building the world's largest planeMicrosoft co-founder Paul Allen's Stratolaunch airplane is designed to carry rockets and "air launch" them into orbit.20 Jun 11:45 PM
New ZealandNasa plane grounded after crack foundNasa's high-tech aeroplane flying out of NZ to study the skies of the Southern Hemisphere has been grounded after a crack was discovered in one of its engines.20 Jun 07:30 PM
New ZealandIs there anybody out there?It's morning in the Murchison, a desolate, sunbaked corner of the midwest of Western Australia, and a trio of wedge-tailed eagles are circling.18 Jun 05:00 PM
WorldA giant planet that orbits two sunsAny rocky moons orbiting the Jupiter-like planet could theoretically have liquid water.14 Jun 02:51 AM
BusinessBlastoff - NZ signs space deal with USNZ and the US sign a deal setting rules around rocket technology and providing a register on what's been blasted into space from our part of the world.14 Jun 01:30 AM
WorldFalling spaceship could help us understand universeThe gravitational wave detector is the "quietest place known to humankind".07 Jun 09:13 PM
TechnologyNasa observatory goes on Kiwi missionThe world's largest flying observatory has arrived in New Zealand for a series of cutting-edge night-flying missions to help unlock the mysteries of the universe.07 Jun 07:24 AM
TechnologyWorld's largest digital camera helps Kiwis map the starsA team of Kiwi scientists hope to answer some of the biggest questions about our universe, by joining one of the most ambitious astronomy projects ever undertaken.06 Jun 05:30 PM
