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Sep 18, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Ben O'Shea

    NASA scientists uncover MCG-sized crater on the moon (opens the original)

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    The discovery of the largest, newly formed crater in the solar system has provided a stark reminder of the challenges NASA must overcome to achieve its ambitious plan to establish a base on the Moon. The US space agency is working towards a permanent human presence on the lunar surface by the early 2030s, but NASA’s Moon Base must contend with the possibility of an impact from a comet or asteroid. The Earth’s atmosphere protects us from such objects, with friction causing them to slow and usuall

  2. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · Ben O'Shea

    SpaceX retrieval just part of Musk’s plan to dominate sky (opens the original)

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    Elon Musk is an ideas man. And, whether you like it or not, some of those ideas will shape the future of humanity. Before writing that statement off as hyperbole, go visit the website of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., trading as SpaceX, the company Musk founded 24 years ago in California. SpaceX is a hot topic of conversation in this part of the world, after the upper stage of one of the company’s Starship rockets was recovered in a dramatic operation off Christmas Island The 13th Starshi

  3. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Ben O'Shea

    Kiwi legend Rachel House set to appear at WA film festival (opens the original)

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    Kiwi screen legend Rachel House, star of hit movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Thor: Ragnarok, is bound for Busselton and a spot on the Film Prize jury at this year’s CinefestOZ. WA’s peak film film festival awards the richest prize of its kind to Australian films, and the jury will decide which of four shortlisted movies takes home $100,000. Chairing the jury at Cinefest this year is Greer Simpkins, one of the most respected creative forces in the Australian screen industry. As co-managing di

  4. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Ben O'Shea

    ‘Doom sheet’: The native animals at serious risk of H5 (opens the original)

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    Some of WA’s most iconic animals such as the black swan and the dolphins of Monkey Mia face an uncertain future after appearing on the Federal Government’s “doom sheet” for H5N1 avian influenza. It comes after Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins this week confirmed the first mass mortality of Australian wildlife from H5 bird flu in greater crested terns, found on an island off South Australia’s south-east coast. The Government released national risk scores on Tuesday evening for more than

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