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Far out space questions answered

People are loving the chance to ask astronomers their burning space questions. As a part of ABC's Stargazing Live program, our astronomers are answering viewers' questions on Twitter. We’ve got two more nights to go, so if you’ve got a question, ask away! To get you in the mood we've compiled some questions from last night.

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Listening out for alien worlds

Are we alone in the Universe? This question drives many of us to look to the stars. But rather than wait for aliens to drop by, researchers are looking for hints of life on other worlds.

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Tuning in to the Universe

New technology installed on our Parkes radio telescope today will let astronomers ‘hear’ a wider range of radio waves from objects in space, opening the way to new science.

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Fancy yourself an expert stargazer? We’ve got the quiz for you!

ABC’s Stargazing Live returns to our screens over three nights in May, and Wed 23 May is your chance to join an ABC Stary Party and be an astronomer for a night

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Paulo de Souza’s science at the pub: Vanishing bees and Mars’ damp, dark past

Catch Professor de Souza’s talk at the pub, from micro-sensors hitched to honeybees to water-detecting gear on Mars rover Opportunity—it'll be a night to remember.

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Tributes pour in for Stephen Hawking, the famous theoretical physicist who died at age 76

Stephen Hawking inspired people with his work on black holes and other mysteries of the universe.

Six scientists you need to know (but have probably never heard of)

Newton, Einstein, Darwin: scientific superstars that you've certainly heard of. We'd like to introduce you to some equally impressive minds that only made it into the footnotes of history, despite their remarkable, life-changing, discoveries.

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Japan’s space agency joins us to take near-space balloons up, up, and away

We're going sky-high with Japan’s space agency, JAXA, as they become one of our latest partners in space, launching high-altitude balloons in our unique Alice Springs facility.

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Birth of the first stars seen from Australia

After nearly a decade of listening with a custom-built, table-sized antenna at our Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in remote Western Australia, researchers have detected signs of the first stars to emerge in the Universe.

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Australia takes up space in 2018

Australia will be establishing its own space agency so what’s next for this new frontier? Here are the top five trends we see for the space industry in 2018.

2017 in science: Cassini crashed, dinosaurs discovered and spiders sorted

As the end of the year fast approaches, we wanted to share one last gift with you: some of the top science stories of 2017.

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Our top telescope tech travels FAST

We’ve designed and built a specialised ‘camera’ for the world’s largest single dish telescope. Soon it will be searching the skies for pulsars.

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