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Wednesday, 7 March 2012
StarStuff Podcast Astronomers debate how to deflect potentially destructive asteroids. Plus atmosphere detected on Saturn moon; and light from the Moon used to find life on Earth.
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
StarStuff Podcast Faulty wire causes 'faster-than-light' particle error. Plus: Astronomers discover water world; and Japanese engineers eye space elevator by 2050.
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
StarStuff Podcast Black hole discovery opens way for galactic archaeology. Plus: scientists detect mysterious microwave haze near Milky Way's centre; and why is Venus slowing down?
Monday, 20 February 2012
Perth is celebrating the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's historic flight aboard Friendship-7.
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
StarStuff Podcast Ancient Antarctic waters of sub-glacial Lake Vostok may reveal planet's evolution. Plus: Is Venus' rotation slowing down?; and planets found orbiting binary-star systems.
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
StarStuff Podcast NASA announces its most complete observation of what lies beyond the solar system. Plus: astronomers discover 'potentially habitable' planet; and Iran launches new spy satellite.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
StarStuff Podcast Controversial new study suggests pulsars act as a giant magnet. Plus: bus-sized asteroid shaves by Earth; and powerful solar storm slams into Earth, but is the Sun weakening?
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
StarStuff Podcast A new study claims every star in the Milky Way galaxy is likely to be orbited by at least one planet. Plus: Phobos Grunt spacecraft crashes back to Earth; astronomers discover rare gamma-ray binary star system.
Monday, 16 January 2012
Russia believes fragments of its Phobos-Grunt probe have crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
StarStuff Podcast Russia's crippled Mars probe to crash back to Earth as Soyuz rocket launch fails. Plus: Astronomers compile dark-matter map of the universe; and scientists discover a galaxy at the very dawn of time.
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
StarStuff Podcast White dwarf star causes stellar explosion. Plus: Milky Way's monster black hole may soon become active; and Voyager spacecraft enters unknown region of solar system.
Thursday, 15 December 2011
The US space agency is developing a high-tech harpoon that could grab samples from a comet.
Thursday, 8 December 2011
StarStuff Podcast Have scientists discovered a second Earth? Plus: could life from our planet spread across the solar system and beyond?; and astronomers find two monster black holes.
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
StarStuff Podcast Latest mission to Mars launches from Cape Canaveral. Plus: is faster-than-light travel claims rocking the foundations of science?; and does the 'God particle' exist?
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Scientists believe microscopic worms may be the key to helping humans colonise other planets.