In a major achievement for both Firefly Aerospace and the future of lunar exploration, the Blue Ghost lander has officially ...

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

New Zealand’s Blue Lake, the world’s clearest freshwater lake, is under threat from the invasive algae Lindavia, commonly ...

Hikers in New Zealand risk polluting the “clearest lake in the world” with a microscopic alga carried on their boots.

Start in the boutique city of Adelaide and you’ll find over 200 cellar doors on our doorstep, a labyrinth of bars and city ...

Grey walls, grey furniture and grey jumpsuits affect the psychology of prisoners. Research suggests simple, colourful ...

Until that maneuver, however, Blue Ghost has been busy above the big blue Earth, beaming home beautiful images of our planet, as well as views of its far-off final destination, the moon.

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Analysis - Every day, about 48.5 tonnes of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean ... significant scientific finds are being lost to private collectors. Last year, New ...

It typically makes the water's surface appear to have a blue glow. Local photographer Bruce Wang was ... a once-in-a-lifetime comet that has been spotted over New Zealand skies this week. Wang said he ...

Blue Lock was already massively popular, and thanks to the recent anime adaptation, the original sports manga has attracted even more fans. Debuting in 2018, Blue Lock focuses on an ambitious plan ...

Blue Ghost will orbit Earth for 21 more days before it embarks on a four-day trip to reach lunar orbit. Once there, it will spend 16 days circling the moon before making its way down to attempt a ...