The Swift Observatory is expected to re-enter the atmosphere after 22 years of studying cosmic explosions.
World
Sun, Nov 1
Actor Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov, the youthful Russian navigator on the Star Trek television series and several movies, has died.
Entertainment
Tue, Oct 27
The space agency is adopting Apollo's intense approach,which saw 24 astronauts fly to the moon and 12 land on it within six years, to return astronauts to the lunar surface.
Sun, Oct 25
The annual Orionids meteor shower is expect to peak overnight tonight, putting on a dazzling celestial show for Kiwis.
New Zealand
Wed, Oct 21
Scientists hope the mission, which is expected to take five years, will provide clues to how Phobos and its smaller sibling Deimos formed.
Sun, Oct 18
Satellites are being designed to manoeuvre near, inspect, disable, or destroy spacecraft in projects shrouded in mystery.
Wed, Oct 7
Footage of the meteor showed it streaking across the night sky before a bright flash lit up the area near Taranaki Maunga.
Thu, Sep 24
Video of the meteor was captured and shared online by the Tauranga Astronomical Society just before 7.45pm.
Mon, Aug 31
Kea Aerospace said its next generation aircraft, with a wingspan comparable to an Airbus A320, will fly in the stratosphere, nearly 20km above Earth.
Business
Thu, Aug 6
Scientists tracked the space rock to the Wairarapa after a fireball lit up skies, discovering several fragments of the 4.6 billion-year-old rock in rural farmland.
It was spotted after one lit up the night sky on Tuesday evening.
Thu, Jul 30
The risks are not difficult to imagine, writes Tony Jan.
Footage sent to 1News by a motorist showed the bright glow as it flew across the night sky.
Wed, Jul 29
The New Zealand-founded aerospace company said the contract, its biggest to date, had been awarded by the US Space Force.
Tue, Jul 28
Advanced mineral dating methods were used to examine rocks at the North Pole Dome in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Wed, Jun 24
SpaceX Dragon spacecraft captured stunning time-lapse video of the southern aurora caused by a recent solar event.
Environment
Thu, Jun 11
The two brightest planets in our sky, Venus and Jupiter will reach conjunction on the evenings of June 9-11, when they will appear just 1.5° apart.
Tue, Jun 9
The project was led by Ngāti Rangi celestial researchers Riwaru Tihema and Rauroha Brown and designed according to traditional Ngāti Rangi narratives and astronomical knowledge.
Te Ao Māori
Sun, May 31
"The people can decide for themselves, ‘WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?’ Have Fun and Enjoy!” President Donald Trump wrote on social media.
Sat, May 9
The New Zealand-founded company was well placed to benefit from the Trump administration's planned "Golden Dome", according to its chief executive Sir Peter Beck.
Fri, May 8
Matt Balkham from Wellington Astronomical Society said although the comet was getting fainter and further away, it may actually be a better time to photograph it.
Wed, May 6
Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS is currently visible from New Zealand and is expected to remain in view for around another week before fading.
Tue, May 5
The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including rumours of crisis talks in the coalition, and why Donald Trump's talking about UFOs.
Politics
Thu, Apr 30
Carterton Mayor Steve Cretney said he saw about five or six "unusually behaved" lights in the distance towards South Wairarapa.
Tue, Apr 28
The light shot across the Otago sky on Friday night, shortly after a rocket launch in China, an astronomer says.
Sat, Apr 25
