Space
Mars team to simulate life there
A team of NASA recruits has begun living in a dome near a barren volcano in Hawaii to simulate what life would be like on Mars.
Hawking: Black holes store information
Black holes preserve information about the stuff that falls into them, according to Professor Stephen Hawking.
Curiosity takes new selfie on Mars
The US space agency Nasa has issued another of the selfie portraits acquired by the Curiosity rover on Mars.
Chasing the perfect night sky shot
Wellington photographer Mark Gee says he feels like "the only person on earth" when he's all alone photographing New Zealand's crystal clear night skies. Video
Microbial moods
Dr Chris Smith on how your gut microbes could be affecting your mood. Also the discovery of the earliest evidence yet of Earth's magnetic field, found in some 4.4 billion year old Australian rock. Audio
Rocket Lab signs deal with NASA
New Zealand-based rocket company Rocket Lab has signed a deal to use the US agency's launch site at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Rocket Lab a step closer to lift off
The Canterbury Regional Council has granted consents to an Auckland-based rocket company which wants to build a launching facility on the coastline.
Search for aliens gets $100m boost
Man's quest for discovering life on other planets is getting a $100 million boost from a Russian internet entrepreneur turned Silicon Valley billionaire. Audio
Pluto mission
Dr Michele Bannister is a New Zealander and an astronomer based in Canada. She's fascinated by NASA's New Horizons' Pluto mission and those stunning images of the outer reaches of our solar system. Audio, Gallery
Pluto's icy surface revealed
The first close-up images of Pluto released from the historic flyby of Nasa's New Horizons probe show icy mountain ranges 3500 metres high.
New Horizons survives Pluto encounter
A signal received from the New Horizons spacecraft shows that it survived its historic encounter with Pluto. Audio
Rocket company in talks with iwi
Rocket Lab is in talks with South Island iwi over its plans to build a launch site on Kaitōrete Spit in Canterbury.
Out-of-control Russian Space Capsule
Space scientist Duncan Steel explains what will happen to the out-of-control Russian space capsule that failed to reach the International Space Station. Audio
Out-of-control Russian Space Capsule
Space scientist Duncan Steel explains what will happen to the out-of-control Russian space capsule that failed to reach the International Space Station.
AudioRosetta Space Craft - Warwick Holmes
The Australian avionics systems engineer who helped build, test and launch the Rosetta space craft that successfully landed a probe on a comet (Comet-67P) last year will give a free public lecture at… Audio
Warwick Holmes: comets, probes and space
Avionics engineer with the European Space Agency, which built and tested the Rosetta space craft that landed a robot on a comet in November 2014. Audio
Scientist Matt Taylor on the Rosetta mission
Matt Taylor is the project scientist on the Rosetta mission which in November, successfully landed a probe on a comet more than half a billion kilometres away. Brought up in east London, heavily… Audio
Twins in space
Jeffrey Kluger of Time's covering a NASA mission involving two twins, that will study the effects that a year in space has on the human body. Audio
Tech Uber, P2P lending and space
Tech news with Peter Griffin; Uber the taxi app, peer-to-peer lending, and why Google has invested a billion dollars in space exploration. Audio
AstroTwins - Scott Kelly
Scott Kelly is an astronaut who's making history with the help of his twin brother. In March, the American will embark on a mission to live on the International Space Station longer than any other… Audio
