Space
Trump administration plans moon landing within five years
US Vice President Mike Pence has announced the administration's goal of putting Americans back on the moon within five years "by any means necessary".
Suit unsuitable: NASA nixes first all-women spacewalk
What should have been a giant leap for womankind has turned into a stumble on the path to equality. US space agency NASA has cancelled the first all-female spacewalk due to a lack of a spacesuit in… Video, Audio
Expert feature - The New Zealand Space Agency
Are we in the midst of a new Space Age? One man with some of the answers is Peter Crabtree - head of the New Zealand Space Agency. Audio
First Moon seedling dies one day after sprouting
Just 24 hours after sprouting, the first plant grown on the Moon has died.
First Moon-grown seeds sprouting - China
Cotton seeds brought to the Moon by the Chang'e-4 mission have sprouted, China claims, marking a significant step towards long-term space exploration.
Space archaeology: SAPIENS
Space isn't just some vast arena for people to explore using the latest, shiniest technology. It's also a place that can hold important stories about us humans too...and that's what the emerging… Audio
Nasa's Voyager 2 probe enters interstellar space
Voyager 2 was launched more than 40 years ago and is now about 18 billion kilometres from earth. Video
NZ's top science students could be heading to NASA
An Auckland astrophysicist warns students to get in quick if they want a reference for their NASA applications. It comes after MBIE and NASA agreed to make the space agency's international internship… Audio
Sally Seidel: breaking down the Higgs Boson
Physics Professor Sally Seidel, from the University of New Mexico, was a collaborator on the Large Hadron Collider experiment, where six years ago she was in one of two teams that discovered the… Audio
Asteroids, dinosaurs and international tension
Astronomer Duncan Steel is an expert in detecting asteroids and comets, and in defending the earth from potential impacts. Audio
Douglas Vakoch - Can we speak alien?
Dr Douglas Vakoch is President of METI, a nonprofit research and educational organisation dedicated to transmitting intentional signals to nearby stars. He is an elected member of the International… Audio
'Alien asteroid' may be the oldest object in the solar system
An "alien asteroid" that circles the sun in Jupiter's orbital path is the first-known permanent resident of our solar system that originated in another star system.
NASA and Hubble scientist Jennifer Wiseman
Dr Jennifer Wiseman is a NASA astrophysicist and senior project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope. She's considered one of America's thought leaders on science policy. She is also Christian… Audio
'Not a lot of worry' about plummetting Chinese space station
An eight-tonne Chinese space station containing toxic chemicals is out of control and is entering a death-spiral as it plummets towards Earth. The Tiangong-1 is China's first space station but in 2016… Audio
An ear on your health
A trial of Canaria devices is about to start in mines in Australia, where it will measure for signs of fatigue and send warnings when levels of tiredness reach unsafe levels. Audio, Gallery
An ear on your health
The Canaria is a device that's worn behind the ear and can sense for vital signs and alert the wearer about their state of health. A trial of these devices is about to start in mines in Australia… Audio
Mission to Mars? The world's most powerful rocket
The countdown is on for the launch, scheduled for Wednesday morning NZ time, of the world's most powerful rocket. SpaceX's giant Falcon Heavy, will lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida with thrust… Audio, Gallery
Travelling the universe with Richard Easther
Auckland University Professor of Physics, Richard Easther, takes us on a journey around the universe, exploring Mars and Pluto, skimming past a huge black hole in the Milky Way and ending where time…
Space Wars: the manual
The idea of a war in space is no longer science fiction, but our international laws on extraterrestrial conflict are unclear, says the editor-in-chief of an upcoming military manual for outer space. Audio
DNA from space!
Until now astronauts have had to send mysterious microbes and organisms back to earth to figure out what they are.
But for the first time, NASA astronauts have successfully sequenced DNA and… Audio