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Space

Tracing Cassini’s fiery death was like seeing a heart monitor flatline

At a NASA site nestled in a valley not far from Australia's capital city, a lucky few get a close view of the end of the spacecraft's 20 year odyssey.

Space

Expect the unexpected from the big-data boom in radio astronomy

Technology is driving a revolution in the way radio astronomers study the universe, and it could lead to new discoveries.

Space

Mission over: the final countdown to Cassini’s fatal plunge into Saturn

The last signals from Cassini space probe before it burns up in Saturn's atmosphere will tracked by the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.

Space

Space whisperers: the Aussies guiding Cassini’s suicide mission to Saturn

The grand finale of Nasa’s epic 20-year mission to the ringed planet will be overseen from a deep space centre near Canberra. A photo essay by Jonny Weeks, The Guardian.

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Interronauts | Episode 11: Eggs to live birth — how pregnancy evolved, Alzheimer’s link with iron deposits, bonobos don’t overimitate, and Cassini’s grand finale

This fortnight Jesse and Sophie chat about breaking news from Yale on the evolution of pregnancy in marsupials and eutherians (ourselves), childhood learning in apes (bonobos' inability to copy silly stuff), a chat with Dr Olivier Salvado about iron deposits' relationship with Alzheimer's, and finally the living funeral of NASA's Cassini.

Love science? Join us in Canberra and be a part of history with Cassini’s end of mission celebration

Cassini's 20 year voyage is coming to a scheduled end on Saturn this September and we want you to come along and join us to celebrate!

Space

First look inside NASA’s new command centre

An exclusive look at NASA’s brand new command centre near Canberra built to facilitate communications between Earth and the first people to walk on Mars.

Space

Say hello to NASA’s latest spacecraft tracking antenna

NASA will be able to better support future robotic and human space missions with the completion and full operation of a new antenna dish at our Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.

Space

Launching giant space balloons from the centre of Australia

A team of astronomers led by the French space agency CNES are heading to Alice Springs next year to use a giant balloon 30 storeys high to lift a 1-tonne telescope 40kms above the Earth

Space

Juno’s Jupiter call via Canberra

After an extremely long journey NASA's Juno spacecraft will soon enter orbit around the planet Jupiter. We'll be on hand to help out NASA with the super-sensitive antenna dishes at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.

Space

Gene Cernan: the Last Man on the Moon comes to Australia

Few people know or recall the story of the last person to walk on the Moon during the 1972, Apollo 17 mission. But that is about to change with the release of a new film called ‘The Last Man on the Moon’ and an Australian speaking tour hosted by our very own astronomer, Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith.

Oceans

NASA Earth Venture Pre-Orbital mission a game changer for coral reef health

We're working with NASA to uncover the mysteries of Great Barrier Reef.

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