Molten Mars kept life at bay
The surface of Mars was molten for more than 100 million years after it formed, preventing any early life evolving on the planet, say researchers.
Their findings, base
Australian scientists celebrate Apollo 11
In honour of the Apollo 11 lunar mission, the Australian space community has bid farewell to a piece of history and welcomed a boost in funding for the next generation in spac...
NASA hunts for missing Parkes moon tapes
Forty years ago today three astronauts in Apollo 11 blasted off towards the moon and hundreds of millions of people watched the mission via grainy footage on television.
Asteroid belt home to displaced comets
Many of the primitive bodies wandering the asteroid belt are actually former comets, tossed out of orbit by the giant outer planets, say a team of astrophysicists.
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Artificial brain speeds up cosmology
A technique based on how brain neurons behave could dramatically speed up computer simulations of the universe, say UK researchers.
Cosmologists have long used compute
Astronomers map 'blue whale' of space
Australian astronomers have made the most detailed map yet of a radio galaxy, which could lead to a better understanding of these strange phenomena.
The map of Centaur
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