Big Ideas
NASA's Martian helicopter just keeps crushing its targets
Now nine flights deep into its extended mission, Ingenuity keeps pushing its limits – and keeps proving it has what it takes.
NASA
Games
Kerbal Space Program turns 10: inside the game's amazing evolution
The game with cute graphics and hardcore rocket physics is celebrating a decade of mindblowing space rocket fun and games.
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NASA is heading back to Venus
The new VERITAS and DAVINCI+ missions will map our vicious neighbour and test its atmospheric chemistry before the end of the decade.
Technology
Japan's lunar transformer is the cutest space mission yet
Japan sending a cute transforming ball bot to the moon, Have I Been Pwned going open source, a Google privacy mess and lots more.
Politics
Most pirates just give up
Digital driver's licenses going great in NSW, while pirates get lazy in the modern era. Plus crypto, the end of Charlie on YouTube, and more.
Security
The little helicopter that could
The ACCC lets rural presses work together against the tech giants, AFP tackles local scammers, the Martian helicopter rules, and loads more.
Big Ideas
NASA Ingenuity first flight on Mars: nailed it!
It was a fine time of day for Australians to tune in for NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter flight experiment livestream. And they crushed it.
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First flight for NASA Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, gets official date
The Ingenuity helicopter, strapped to the Mars Perseverance rover, has finally confirmed its first flight date on the red planet.
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NASA and Space X agree to not smash each other's satellites
An agreement has been signed between NASA and Space X where the companies will share future satellite information to avoid crashes.
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Mars Perseverance Rover Powered by 1998 iMac Processor
The brains that power the Mars Perseverance Rover are actually very old, and used to live in those colourful iMacs, but why?
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Mars digger says farewell after clumpy sand kills mission
After two years of unsuccessfully attempting to dig into Mars' surface, one cute little probe tells us its story of failure.
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NASA confirms the Moon has more water than than we thought
From supporting human habitation to being converted into rocket fuel, here's why that Moon water is such an exciting discovery.