WA researchers have teamed up with Polish experts to track space junk orbiting above Australia.
Abby Green
When a Curtin University scientist received an alert predicting asteroid 2023 CX1 would strike near his parents’ home in Normandy in early 2023, he got on the phone immediately.
Ben O'Shea
Early risers across the nation were treated to a rare celestial spectacle as the moon transformed into a fiery orb.
Andrew Hedgman
The astronomical phenomenon will be visible for the entire country in the early hours of Monday morning, and won’t make a comeback for several years.
Alexandra Feiam
The expedition will help NASA establish a human presence outside Earth, marking a first for the nation in Aussie space exploration.
George Al-Akiki
Australia will experience a rare ‘black moon’ this weekend – but the celestial phenomenon comes with a catch for eager stargazers.
Residents reported seeing a large orange flame light up the skies before it crashed to the ground, creating a thunderous bang.
Curious residents took to Facebook about 9.30pm to talk about the bright light they saw zoom through the sky.
Caitlin Vinci
A phenomenon which only occurs once every two-and-a-half years will be observable in Australian skies towards the end of August.
Jack Nivison
It wasn’t in the air for long, but an Australian-built rocket has been launched from home soil for the first time.
A celestial spectacle has illuminated the night sky across WA on Friday night.
Chloe Maher
Starry-eyed high school students are waiting eagerly for their science projects to be launched 2000km out of this world as part of Curtin University’s BinarX spacecraft launch.
A groundbreaking Aussie company has locked in its second attempt at joining the space race, with the very first Australian-made rocket set to launch in days.
Blair Jackson
Stargazers across the globe will be treated to a full moon spectacle this week. Here’s everything you need to know to catch the best sight of it from Perth.
Perth’s astronomy fans are being told to look up to the sky tonight with Perth in for its best shot at seeing an aurora since the start of the year - as long as the clouds don’t ruin the show.
Oliver Lane
WA astronomers have discovered a mysterious cosmic phenomenon 15,000 light-years from Earth that science is unable to fully explain, and it took a little luck to do so.
An unlikely suspect has emerged during the investigation into the technical issue that caused the first Australian-made rocket launch to be delayed.
Emma Kirk
After celebrating the successful launch of SpaceX’s Starship following two failed attempts, Elon Musk’s rocket has blown up on reentry.
Max Corstorphan
The meteor that lit up the skies over Western Australia in the early hours of Mother’s Day has been located.
There’s been a huge update as Gilmour Space Technologies enters its launch window to fire off a rocket into orbit.
Duncan Evans, Alexandra Feiam
The countdown has begun for an Aussie company’s dream to lift-off into space and begin competing with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Duncan Evans
Residents in WA have been treated to a dazzling astronomical event as a blazing meteor lit up the skies.
A truck driver travelling through WA’s Goldfields was left amazed after being treated to the spectacular sight of a fireball in the sky on Sunday morning.
Western Australia has dodged a bullet after avoiding being hit by a defective Cold War era Soviet spacecraft on Saturday afternoon.
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