Researchers used decades-old radar data and found that some low-lying areas of Venus’ crust are moving and jostling. This evidence is some of the strongest yet of tectonic activity on Venus.
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Two new NASA missions – VERITAS and DAVINCI+ – are headed to Venus. The missions will use radar and a probe to learn about Earth’s hard-to-study and potentially prophetic neighbor.
China has fast-tracked its way onto the red planet, almost matching NASA’s capability in a fraction of the time. Its Zhurong rover will become the first to measure Mars’s magnetic field.
You might think lots of meteorites ultimately come from comets. Turns out, you’d be wrong, according to a new study that tracked meteors hurtling through the sky to find out where they came from.
The hunt for the space rock involved a few bits of sheep poo before the real meteorite was found.
Unlike our hellish neighbour Venus, Earth was far enough from the Sun for liquid water to form and create a more hospitable environment for life.
Researchers have long suspected there’s water - or ice, to be precise - on the Moon. New research now confirms it, and suggests it lurks in sun-starved nooks and crannies called ‘cold traps’.
Three newly discovered bodies of liquid water deep beneath the south polar ice cap on Mars have planetary scientists intrigued.
The discovery of phosphine in the acidic clouds of Venus can’t be explained by any known chemical or geological processes.
Following on from the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, 2020 has seen 5 asteroids given new names recognising the contribution of illustrious Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
NASA’s InSight lander has recorded the first evidence of earthquake-like tremors on Mars. The discovery opens a new chapter in our understanding of the geological processes at play on another world.
New research on landslides on Mars could help protect against devastating landslides on Earth.
Astronomers have found 20 new moons around Saturn, and will keep finding more as technology improves.
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics went to a cosmologist who helped unlock the secrets of the Big Bang’s aftermath, and two astronomers who found a “hot Jupiter” orbiting a nearby star.
NASA has released a sound recording from Mars. So what do these literally otherworldly sounds tell us about the processes at play inside the red planet?
Australia played a vital role in beaming the Apollo 11 Moon landing to the world. But since then we’ve passed up the opportunity to cement our place in exploring outer space.
Pluto has a density between that of rock and ice – so that immediately suggests the dwarf planet is made of a mix of both. But how do we know?
Images from New Horizons spacecraft provide more evidence about the surface of Pluto.
Surprising new results from the Juno mission may us help work out what’s going on at Saturn and other gas giants, too.
Planetary protection protocols try to make sure we don’t seed places like Mars with life from our planet. An astrobiologist argues they’re misguided – especially with human astronauts on the horizon.
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Assistant Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Program Manager / Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Associate, Curtin University
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Space Projects Manager & Mission Design Lead, University of Portsmouth
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Associate member of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW Sydney
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Postdoc astrophysicist, Mississippi State University
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ARC Future Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Professor of Physics, Deputy Director (Solar System) at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL
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Associate Professor, Curtin University
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Co Director Space Technology and Industry Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
