Space
Rare green comet set to appear in New Zealand skies
A comet which last passed Earth around 50,000 years ago, will be visible in New Zealand skies this week. Audio
Rare comet set to appear this week
Get a pair of binoculars handy because a rare green comet not seen for 50,000 years will be passing through our skies this week.
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is currently visible in the northern… Audio
Space industry could undo work to restore ozone layer
A rapidly expanding space industry could undo decades of work to restore the ozone layer, according to reasearchers from the University of Canterbury.
They say we need to look at how to make rocket… Audio
NASA to help develop nuclear engine for Mars
NASA has announced it will partner with the US military research agency to develop a nuclear engine for future missions to Mars.
Engineers say this technology could reduce a trip to Mars from nine… Audio
Benjamin Button mice, tasty chocolate, Milky Way majesty
Science commentator Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to talk about a new study that's challenging the inevitability of aging. Boston scientists have found how to reverse age decline in mice. He'll also… Audio
Haritina Mogosanu : Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve
Two North Island districts are the latest to be certified under the International Dark Sky Reserve movement, joining just 20 other places world-wide. Astrobiologist and space science communicator… Audio
Exoplanet almost exactly the same size as Earth found
The new James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first planet orbiting another star.
Talking with NASA astronaut Dr Kate Rubins
NASA astronaut and microbiologist Dr Kate Rubins has been touring New Zealand taking part in a programme to promote STEM subjects. STEM is science, technology, engineering and math subjects, and the… Audio
European satellite launch fails to reach orbit
The first attempt to launch a satellite from western Europe appears to have failed early after an "anomaly" prevented the rocket from reaching orbit.
NASA Astronaut touches down in Aotearoa
Young space fanatics around Te Ika-a-Maui will be given a rare chance to meet a NASA Astronaut in the coming week. Doctor Kate Rubins will be telling audiences about her 300 days spent in space at… Audio
NASA taps SpaceX for possible ISS rescue mission
NASA is exploring whether SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft can potentially offer crew a ride home after a Russian craft sprung a leak.
10 times this year the Webb telescope blew us away
A year on since the historic launch of the most powerful infrared telescope in human history, we admire and explore some of the best images it delivered in 2022.
NASA discovers two new 'water world' planets
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble and Spitzer telescopes have made a discovery which has brought them a micro-step closer to confirming that planets beyond our own might harbour Earth-like oceans. Video
Probe swoops down on Io, Jupiter's volcano moon
Juno will get much, much nearer to Io over the course of the next year.
An eye in the sky to detect methane emissions
MethaneSAT is the first New Zealand government funded space mission. A joint project between the United States' Environmental Defense Fund and New Zealand, the project will see a methane sensing… Audio
An eye in the sky to detect methane emissions
MethaneSAT is the first New Zealand government funded space mission. A joint project between the United States' Environmental Defense Fund and New Zealand, the project will see a methane sensing…
Audio'We're at a sort of tipping point': Fears drone and rocket builders face mass exodus
The aerospace industry is warning companies face with too much red tape and are on the verge of quitting New Zealand.
Monitoring methane - A New Zealand space mission
How can a methane-detecting satellite help us tackle our agricultural emissions and detect gas leaking from pipelines, wetlands, farms and crops across the world? Peter Griffin speaks to the project… Audio
'Dust devil' sound recording captured on Mars
Researchers are learning more about the weather on Mars with a new audio recording of a giant dust-loaded whirlwind known as a dust devil.
The sound clip of the storm was combined with sensor data to… Audio
New Zealand aerospace industry says it is facing too much red tape
New Zealand's aerospace industry says the sector's facing too much red tape, which is forcing some companies to move offshore.
With approval to test drones and rockets sometimes taking more than a… Audio
