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Northern Lights put on a show

Ghostly aerial glows delight skywatchers across the Northern Hemisphere this week.

Mini-Solar System has smallest planets found so far

NASA’s Kepler mission has found three planets smaller than Earth circling a dim, red star.

Earth from Space: Sideways view of Antarctica

Amazing view from space shows Livingston and Deception Islands, in Antarctica.

Gallery: The Omega Nebula

One of the Milky Way’s youngest and most active stellar nurseries for massive stars.

Earth from Space – Eruption in the Red Sea

Dramatic image of a volcanic eruption in the middle of one of the world’s busiest waterways.

Earth from Space – Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Paradise of low islands and coral atolls in the Indian Ocean, the barely inhabited Cocos (Keeling Islands).

Astronomy
Northern Lights put on a show
Ghostly aerial glows delight skywatchers across the Northern Hemisphere this week.
Mini-Solar System has smallest planets found so far
NASA's Kepler mission has found three planets smaller than Earth circling a dim, red star.
Galaxy at the dawn of time
NASA space telescopes help spot a rare galaxy, as it was when the universe was
What’s up? Night sky for January 2012
When and where to see the Moon and planets this month.
Moon mission set to begin in New Year
Dynamic duo GRAIL spacecraft set to arrive in lunar orbit at the beginning of January.
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Australian Science
Giant star-jet astounds astronomers
Star is spitting out material in a "jet" 400 million million kilometres in length!
Australia from Space: Part 5
Satellite images of two famous Red Centre landmarks—Uluru and Lake Eyre.
Our Sun can expect inner turmoil in old age
Old stars found to be on a "go slow" on the outside, but fast on
Australia’s newest telescopes – bird’s eye view
New web site gives a bird's-eye view of two new telescopes being built in Western
Aussie tech helps telescopes “see in the dark”
Breakthrough system promises to help telescopes see more clearly through Earth's atmosphere.
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Space videos
Earth from Space – Videos of our World, Pt 2
More spectacular videos of our planet as seen from orbit.
Comet wows earthlings and astronauts
Comet discovered by Australian amateur astronomer puts on a brilliant sky show.
Stratolaunch – a new way to get into space!
Flight into orbit could soon begin with a flight into the air aboard a double-sized
“Vampire star” devouring its companion
Best-ever images of a binary system with one star cannibalising the other.
Road to Mars – Six minutes of terror!
Mars Science Laboratory will get only one shot at a safe entry, descent and landing.
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Space gallery
Gallery: The Omega Nebula
One of the Milky Way's youngest and most active stellar nurseries for massive stars.
Gallery – The Sculptor Galaxy
Also known as the Silver Dollar, this "starburst" galaxy is 11.5 million light-years away.
Gallery — Moon through the murk
Stunning image shows the Moon appearing to hover behind the layers of Earth's atmosphere.
Gallery – Geyser moon seen in silhouette
Saturn's moon Enceladus viewed in the shadows of the giant ringed planet.
Gallery – Quintet of Saturnian moons
Five of Saturn's moons come together in a view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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