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16th Nov 2010 11:00 AM

Star Trek called it the final frontier, but for groups such as NASA, space is simply our big backyard.

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Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, which simultaneously observes the same targets, simulating a telescope more than 6,800 miles in diameter NAIC - Arecibo Observatory, a facility of the NSF

Aliens? Long, repeated sound heard from deep in space

Scientists have heard a long, repeated sound from deep in space — and nobody is sure where it is coming from.

Pulsars are small spinning stars of the size of cities like Cologne that emit a beam of radio waves. As the star spins and the radio beam sweeps repeatedly over Earth, radio telescopes detect a regular pattern of radio pulses.

A planet made of diamond

ASTRONOMERS from Parkes have, with their global colleagues, found a planet made of diamond that formed after a violent romp with a pulsar.

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Space truly our final frontier

OUR lifelong love affair with the cosmos shows no signs of abating.

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Year 11 Bundamba Secondary College student Kayne Harris is one of 20 Australians to win a NASA scholarship.

Teenager jets off for NASA courses

AN IPSWICH teenager has traded a supermarket checkout for Mars Rovers and space shuttles after being awarded a NASA scholarship.

University of the Sunshine Coast lecturer Beverly Lowe is offering students and teachers the chance to go the NASA Space Camp.

Space trip prize out of this world

TWO people are set to get the opportunity of a lifetime – NASA style.

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