Space
Rocket Lab apologise for failed launch
A Rocket lab Electron rocket has failed soon after take-off in Māhia.
Rocket Lab has apologised after an "issue" occurred two-and-a-half minutes into flight at 7 o'clock Tuesday night, after it had… Audio
NASA's UFO report: no evidence of aliens
A long awaited report into the existence of UFOs by a panel of NASA experts has been released in the past few hours, finding no evidence that aliens are behind the unexplained phenomena, but the space… Audio
Two mysterious, gift wrapped galaxies spotted by Australian radio telescope
Searching through a catalogue of more than 600 galaxies, Nathan Deg stumbled upon two that seemed perfectly gift-wrapped.
Nasa finds tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world
Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered tentative evidence of a sign of life on a faraway planet.
Images show 'promising' signs of life in space
Images taken more than a million miles away show promising signs of life.
NASA's James Webb Telescope may have detected the presence of a molecule in planet K2-18b's atmosphere, which on Earth we… Audio
Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper: Inspiring young women to look to the stars
As the NZ Aerospace Summit gets underway next week in Christchurch, we're joined by NASA astronaut, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper. Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist… Audio
Newly-found bubble of galaxies
An international team of astronomers has discovered a giant 'bubble' of galaxies in the nearby universe. They hope the discovery can fill in some blanks about our understanding of the universe. Team… Audio
AI-assited tool to select astronauts to be developed
A New Zealand company is developing an AI-assisted tool which will help pick the best people to go into space.
Dr Brian Russell, of Ambient Cognition, will lead the project which includes a new way… Audio
The Week in Detail: From craft beer to Barbie
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: From craft beer to Barbie
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioAfter the moon, India launches rocket to study the sun
Following the success of India's moon landing, the country's space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission.
Crashed Russian mission left a crater on the moon, NASA images show
Russia's failed Luna-25 mission left a 10-metre wide crater on the moon when it crashed last month, according to images released by NASA.
India's space feats have been a long time coming
After India's successful landing on the south pole of the moon, there's hope the West will stop seeing the country as a land of "snake charmers and elephants". Audio
India's space feats have been a long time coming
After India's successful landing on the south pole of the moon, there's hope the West will stop seeing the country as a land of "snake charmers and elephants".
AudioSuper blue moon: What is it, and when will the next one be?
Explainer - How did the super blue moon get this peculiar name? And why is there disagreement on when the next one will be? RNZ is here to clear it all up.
India's Moon lander searches for safe landing spot
India's space agency has released images of the far side of the Moon as its third lunar mission attempts to locate a safe landing spot on the little-explored south pole.
Russian space mission crashes into the moon in failure
Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed after its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and smashed into the moon.
Red question mark captured in space potentially shows galaxies merging
The question mark was spotted by the James Webb Telescope and researchers believe it is galaxies merging together.
Russia launches first moon-landing mission in almost half a century
The mission is a bid to be the first nation to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole.
Voyager 2: Nasa fully back in contact with lost space probe
Nasa is back in full contact with its lost Voyager 2 probe months earlier than expected, the space agency said.
