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UPDATED: Claims of a ‘mini ice-age’ ahead – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 July 201511 December 2024

An unpublished study examining solar cycles has created a flare-up of headlines claiming we are headed for a ‘mini-ice age’, […]

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Evidence of liquid water on Mars – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 15 April 201517 April 2015

Scientists have found evidence that liquid water is currently present on Mars – but does this mean that there might […]

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Aurora Australis lights up the skies

In the News  |  Published: 19 March 201511 December 2024

A magnificent light display – known as the Southern Lights or Aurora Australis – was visible even as far north […]

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NZ Company reveals low cost rockets

In the News  |  Published: 30 July 2014

New Zealand based company Rocket Lab has unveiled its low cost rocket, Electron, which they claim will revolutionise the commercial […]

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Breast cancer and astronauts – Michelle Dickinson

In the News  |  Published: 15 May 201315 May 2013

Dr Michelle Dickinson, a Senior Lecturer at Auckland University’s Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, spoke to TV3’s Firstline this morning […]

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How many other ‘Earths’ are out there?

In the News  |  Published: 04 April 201305 April 2013

New Zealand researchers are proposing a new method for identifying and recording Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars, anticipating there could […]

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Experts on meteor strike in Russia

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 February 201322 February 2013

UK SMC: Residents of the Russian city of Chelyabinsk are recovering after a meteor broke up over the city causing […]

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NZ involved in first commercial space flight

In the News  |  Published: 23 May 201223 May 2012

Kiwi space scientists are playing a key role in the fist commercial space mission. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was […]

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Solar storm – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 March 201209 March 2012

Two solar flares that occurred on the sun on 7 March have caused a large cloud of charged particles (a […]

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TVNZ/One News: Scientists record music of the sun

In the News  |  Published: 22 June 201011 December 2024

British scientists say that the sun’s coronal loops vibrate like the strings of a guitar, and claim that they have […]

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