Space
'Blown away': NASA space telescope delivers spectacular pictures
NASA has revealed stunning images showing billions of years of cosmic evolution photographed by the largest, most powerful observatory ever launched to space.
James Webb Space Telescope releases first full colour images
Our view of the universe has just expanded even further.
Nasa has released a slew of new full-colour, infrared images overnight from the largest space telescope ever built - the James Webb.
They… Audio
Space the final Frontier:James Parr on first images from JWST
If you've ever been interested in the origins of, now is a great time to be alive, as the world's most powerful telescope, the James Webb, shows us lightbeams from billions of years ago -- and in full… Audio
James Webb telescope takes super sharp view of early cosmos
The first full-colour picture from the new James Webb Space Telescope has been released - and it does not disappoint.
Space lovers farewell SOFIA as flying observatory leaves Christchurch
Space lovers are farewelling an airborne observatory as it makes its final international visit to Christchurch.
Space lovers farewell SOFIA as flying observatory leaves Chch
Space lovers are farewelling an airborne observatory as it makes its final visit to Christchurch after years of research trips.
SOFIA - short for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - is… Video, Audio
Daytime meteor sighting 'very unusual', says scientist
A meteor which shot across the skies above the lower North Island yesterday afternoon released about a seventh of the energy of the Hiroshima bomb, a space scientist says. Audio
Lower North Island meteor sighting explained
Not a bird - or a plane - but a meteor shooting across the skies above the lower North Island. Many couldn't believe their eyes - some describing it as a fireball, while others thought they saw a… Audio
NASA loses contact with CAPSTONE satellite
NASA has lost contact with the satellite, the CAPSTONE, which was launched aboard a Rocket Lab rocket from Mahia Peninsula on the 28 June.
Rocket Lab lifted Capstone into a high Earth orbit, before… Audio
Nasa loses contact with Capstone satellite spacecraft launched from NZ
Nasa says it has lost contact with a satellite launched from New Zealand and now heading towards the Moon.
NZ company taking world back to the Moon and beyond
Rocket Lab says the spacecraft will be able to get to other parts of the near solar system, like Venus and Mars, cheaply and frequently. Audio
Rocket Lab launches satellite towards the Moon
Humanity is one small step closer to returning to the Moon this morning, thanks in part to some of New Zealand's top scientific minds.
Last night Rocket Lab successfully released NASA's CAPSTONE… Audio
Smaller rockets will make it possible to do more science - Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab says there is still much to learn from the Moon 50 years after humans last stepped foot on it. Audio
Rocket Lab launches spacecraft to the moon
Rocket Lab has successfully launched the NASA's CAPSTONE spacecraft from the Mahia Peninsula in Hawke's Bay.
It's the first step in NASA's mission to send humans back to the moon..
The launch… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 29 June 2022
Extraordinary testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson a top aide in Donald Trump's White House. NASA's mission to return to the moon has begun, with Rocket Lab launching its CAPSTONE spacecraft from the… Audio
The Final Frontier: space news with James Parr
Theres a lot of excitement about the latest mission to the moon with Aotearoa front and centre. NASA's CAPSTONE satelitte was launched last night from Mahia Peninsula, and The University of Canterbury… Audio
Matariki's key elements remembrance, celebrating and planning, Māori astronomer says
Friday will be Aotearoa's first ever Matariki public holiday to mark the start of the Māori New Year, but the star cluster is known across the globe and has an ancient recorded history. Audio
New data on 2 billion stars available from GAIA telescope
Space scientists have a new treasure trove of data to download about almost two billion stars.
The European Space Agency's GAIA telescope observes our galaxy, the Milky Way, some 1.5 million… Audio
Fastest-growing black hole of past 9b years discovered in Centaurus constellation
Black holes are the gluttons of the cosmos, devouring everything that veers too close - including light itself.
Space the Final Frontier: space news with James Parr
News from outer space now with James Parr, founder of the Open Space Agency. This week's got the lot - meteor collisions, "sentient" robots ... and AIs in cinema history. But Nathan Rarere began by… Audio
