*Flares discovered erupting around the Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole
Astronomers have detected flares erupting at the edge of Sagittarius A* the supermassive black hole lurking at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy.
*NASA’s Dawn mission suddenly comes to an end
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter.
*Hubble Space Telescope back up and running
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back up and running normally after going into protective safe mode three weeks ago when a gyroscope needed for aiming suddenly failed -- and a reserve gyro designed to replace it -- didn’t perform as expected.
*Stratolaunch to start space missions within two years
Stratolaunch says it will start flying rockets into space in 2020.
*Funding boost for Gold Coast rocket company
Gilmour Space Technologies has secured 19 million dollars in seed funding to launch its next-generation hybrid rockets into space.
*The Science Report
Chinese telecommunications giant accused of hacking foreign computer networks.
New twisted light beams could increase internet speeds by a hundred times.
NASA spots a massive rectangular monolith iceberg off Antarctica.
Birds that build their own tools from a variety of different parts.
Alex on Tech: Cybersecurity breach at the Perth Mint.
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*NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft gets its first images of asteroid Bennu
After two years travelling through space, the NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has taken its first images of its mission target – the asteroid Bennu.
*Dust clouds confirmed in Earth’s orbit around the Sun
Astronomers have confirmed two elusive dust clouds which are in Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
*Russia to launch new crew to the space station next month
The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos will recommence manned space flights to the International Space station next month. The decision to launch follows detailed investigations into last month’s accent abort of the Soyuz MS-10 flight from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan.
*Climate Change satellite launched
Japan launched a new spacecraft to monitor greenhouse gas emissions.
*SpaceX spectacular west coast launch
California residents were treated to a spectacular evening launch with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lighting up the Pacific sunset skies.
*The Science Report
Earth’s oceans absorbed 60 percent more heat than previously thought.
Scientists develop a real-life tractor beam.
How Australia’s first people arrived on the great southern land.
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