New ZealandBlood moon dazzlesA glorious blood moon delighted skygazers in many parts of New Zealand last night.08 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandCloudy forecast for lunar eclipseAucklanders might not get the best glimpse of tonight's total lunar eclipse, with cloudy skies and a few evening showers forecast.08 Oct 03:45 AM
BusinessBezos v Musk: Billionaire race to space heating upBillionaire Jeff Bezos will team up with a Boeing-Lockheed Martin to develop US-made rocket engines, in competition with Elon Musk's SpaceX venture.18 Sep 02:55 AM
WorldDial up a space taxi service?Nasa has awarded its first private contracts for ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station.17 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandAsteroid swings by EarthAn asteroid nicknamed after a maligned dog and with the potential to cause catastrophic damage will pass within 40,000km of Earth this morning.07 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandAsteroid to give Godzone 'near' missA newly discovered asteroid the size of a whale will fly by New Zealand tomorrow morning.06 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandSatellite images show NZ much brighterNight-time images captured by US defence satellites show a New Zealand much brighter than it was in the early 1990s.05 Sep 05:29 AM
WorldExplainer: How do satellites orbit the Earth?Satellites in orbit are routinely used for communication, imaging and navigation - yet many people don't understand how these satellites remain in space.25 Aug 04:40 AM
New ZealandAurora's glory lights upA geomagnetic storm has sparked auroras around both poles - helping set up a stunning photograph taken in Otago.22 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldAlien lifeform hopes raisedResearchers established that tiny life forms were thriving in a lake beneath 800 metres of pack ice, despite not seening sunlight or fresh air for around a million years.21 Aug 05:24 AM
New ZealandPhotos: 'Supermoon' over NZSnaps taken of the 'supermoon' rising in New Zealand. The full moon tonight will be the largest until September 2015.10 Aug 07:54 AM
New Zealand'Supermoon' rises in New Zealand skiesSkygazers are hoping for a break in the clouds tonight for a glimpse of the 'supermoon'.10 Aug 06:58 AM
New ZealandKiwi-made rocket shatters recordA New Zealand-built rocket has shattered an altitude record after reaching speeds in excess of 2000 km an hour.08 Aug 04:17 AM
New Zealand'Super-duper' moon to show in NZ skiesA "super-duper" full moon that is bigger and brighter than any other moon this year will appear in the sky on Monday morning.07 Aug 10:22 PM
WorldSpace fans 'ride along' for comet hunt'Space enthusiasts have won a battle to force the authorities to release images from a spacecraft's decade-long interplanetary mission to hunt down a comet.04 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandKiwi help in historic space hook-upKiwi-developed technology will assist a historic hook-up when a spacecraft makes its long-awaited date with a comet next week.31 Jul 05:00 PM
BusinessBig lift for Kiwi rocket firmThe New Zealand aerospace firm planning to launch a rocket to carry satellites into low earth orbit for a fraction of the cost of competitors.29 Jul 05:00 PM
WorldNasa rover breaks distance recordThe US space agency's Opportunity rover has now clocked more kilometres on Mars than any man-made vehicle to reach another celestial body, Nasa has said.29 Jul 05:37 AM
BusinessSpaceX slow to break into military satellite launchesThings aren't going as smoothly as SpaceX might hope in its quest to secure the US Military as a client.29 Jul 02:00 AM
New ZealandNZ to get its own space programmeNZ is joining the space race, with Rocket Lab building a world-first launch vehicle in Auckland to make it cheaper to send satellites in to orbit.29 Jul 01:46 AM
WorldRussian geckos going at it in space despite glitchesAn orbital sex mission by five Russian geckos has gone from lust in space to lost in space.26 Jul 05:00 PM
WorldBritain planning spaceportBritain is to build a commercial spaceport that will be used to launch manned missions and commercial satellites.13 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandPhotos: Supermoon wows stargazersReaders and photographers snapped these photos of the most recent supermoon seen across NZ's skies.12 Jul 09:53 PM
New ZealandSupermoons delight for skywatchersStargazers are beaming at the prospect of an unusual supermoon phenomenon this year.12 Jul 05:30 PM
WorldWhere did 80 per cent of the universe's light go?Astrophysicists are mystified after concluding that 80 per cent of the light in the universe appears to be missing.10 Jul 07:49 AM
WorldThe galaxy running out of star fuelA galaxy more than 12 billion light years from Earth is heading for a "red and dead" future because it is running out of the fuel needed to make new stars.10 Jul 05:42 AM
WorldIndia: Cheap voyages to final frontierIndia has declared itself the world's leader in cheap space exploration after its prime minister claimed that its Mars mission will cost less than the Oscar-winning science fiction film Gravity.01 Jul 03:46 AM
WorldEarth-like world a 'stone's throw' awayAstronomers have discovered an alien planet that could offer some of the most Earth-like conditions seen to date in the galaxy.30 Jun 10:50 PM
WorldChina sets sights on Mars after successful Moon missionSovereignty in outer space is always a tricky subject, but out of all the lifeless rocks in the Solar System it was safe to say Mars was more American than most.29 Jun 05:00 PM
