Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk is on a mission to colonise Mars, but his latest tweet about it reveals he still has a...
13th March 2020 3:03 PM
A NASA scientist says “we’re close” to a huge revelation about life on Mars but he is worried about what comes next.
04th Oct. 2019 2:10 PM
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has unveiled a new SpaceX Starship for private round-trips to Moon and Mars due to launch in...
30th Sept. 2019 7:09 AM
Australian and American astronauts and scientists involved with the new bid to get to the moon and Mars hope to inspire a...
23rd Sept. 2019 12:09 PM
Researchers say small "islands" sealed off under lightweight shields that mimic the Earth's greenhouse effect could make...
17th July 2019 3:07 PM
Future autonomous vehicles promise a lot, says Nissan’s ex-NASA man Maarten Serhuis, but still will need a driver.
18th March 2019 7:03 AM
“We’re going to Mars,” an Aussie doctor says, as he outlines the hazards of human spaceflight.
12th Jan. 2019 11:01 AM
AN EXTRAORDINARY scientific discovery deep underground on Mars has heightened speculation there is life on the...
26th July 2018 5:07 AM
A blood moon lunar eclipse followed by a planetary alignment will provide for some stunning scenes in coming days.
25th July 2018 1:07 PM
A dust storm may prevent astronomers from viewing the Martian landscape at such a close range.
19th July 2018 4:07 PM
Seasonal methane release could point to earlier life on Mars.
27th June 2018 9:06 AM
SCIENTISTS have found a stunning, turquoise blue sand dune found inside a crater on Mars - but what does it mean for life...
27th June 2018 7:06 AM
ELON Musk is in a hurry to get humanity to Mars and believes if World War III breaks out, we have no choice
14th March 2018 12:03 PM
PACK your bags — SpaceX founder Elon Musk has announced plans for his Mars spaceship to be ready for trips to the red...
12th March 2018 9:03 AM
NASA has shown off incredible footage and panoramic photos of Mars that were captured by its Curiosity rover on the red...
03rd Feb. 2018 10:02 AM
While Jupiter and Saturn's close proximity to the Earth caught amateur and professional astronomers' attention in 2017...
30th Dec. 2017 9:12 AM
A RUSSIAN man who could talk just months after his birth claims to have lived on Mars. Experts are puzzled.
08th Nov. 2017 5:11 AM
IT’s shiny. It’s sharp. It’s on Mars. It must be aliens! What appears to be a chunk of metal photographed by the...
29th June 2017 12:06 PM
URBANITES are being forced into shrinking apartments due to the housing affordability crisis but furniture giant Ikea has...
09th June 2017 11:06 AM
A HUGE, deep depression on Mars has left astronomers baffled.
06th June 2017 3:06 PM
"A CHANCE to meet the world's most famous living moon walker was not living up to any of my wildly unrealistic hopes and...
20th Nov. 2016 6:11 AM
MARS-bound astronauts could develop dementia and an uncontrollable sense of dread – dubbed “space brain” – during the...
11th Oct. 2016 12:10 PM
Five planets will line up in the same part of the western evening sky from this week.
10th Aug. 2016 1:08 PM
STARTING this week, planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and giant Jupiter are all lining up in the same part of the...
09th Aug. 2016 2:08 PM
Five planets to align with spectacular meteor shower this weekend.
09th Aug. 2016 2:08 PM
Science can only attempt to answer the how but never the why.
20th July 2016 5:07 AM
THE first Australian to go in to space has questioned whether the entrepreneurial Mars One project is 'morally...
14th March 2016 6:03 AM
MARS has confirmed a massive product recall affecting 55 countries after bits of plastic were found in its chocolate.
24th Feb. 2016 5:02 AM
NASA recently brought us news of water flowing on Mars, but today it has revealed another slice of “key” information.
06th Nov. 2015 7:11 AM
NASA has said that it plans to have humans living on Mars in the next few decades.
10th Oct. 2015 5:10 AM
THE timing of The Daily Examiner’s phone call to Vince Schultz about his views on the latest NASA announcement about Mars...
05th Oct. 2015 5:10 AM
THE news that NASA scientists have discovered flowing water on Mars has excited interest, but did not come as too much of a...
30th Sept. 2015 10:09 AM
ONE of my strongest memories from my pre-school years was watching the Apollo 11 moon mission.
30th Sept. 2015 5:09 AM
THE search for martian life may have been boosted with the discovery of a precious, life giving resource – water.
29th Sept. 2015 10:09 AM
NASA has announced it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars — a discovery with potentially huge implications for the...
29th Sept. 2015 5:09 AM
MOST of the world is waiting in anticipation for a "supermoon" total lunar eclipse, but Toowoomba is missing out on the...
27th Sept. 2015 6:09 PM
NASA'S Curiosity Rover has captured what theorists think is a woman on Mars.
06th Aug. 2015 9:08 AM
MARS co-ordinator Sarah Ladynski speaks out about being a foster carer.
30th May 2015 6:05 AM
THE economic downturn has had families leaving Mackay, and the voiceless victims have been the cats and dogs left...
30th May 2015 6:05 AM
CLIVE Palmer has brought the dinosaurs to “life”, recreated the Titanic but now he might have his sights set on building a...
14th May 2015 2:05 PM
DIANNE McGrath has achieved much in her time on this earth.
21st April 2015 6:04 AM
Dianne McGrath Mars One
21st April 2015 6:04 AM
WHEN Alison Mooney started art exhibitions above the former Metro Cafe, she had no idea it would turn into a career...
06th Jan. 2015 5:01 AM
MACKAY Animal Rescue Society will host its annual trivia night on Saturday.
29th Oct. 2014 5:10 AM
MORE than two years into the Curiosity rover’s lonely trek across Mars, conspiracy theorists believe they’ve struck gold:...
23rd Aug. 2014 8:08 AM
THREE silky terrier-cross pups were lucky enough to be adopted at the Mackay Animal Rescue Society’s adoption day.
28th April 2014 6:04 AM
SKYWATCHERS are getting ready for a colourful astronomical event, with a lunar eclipse due this evening.
15th April 2014 10:04 AM
IF your body was laid bare to the alien environment of Mars, the vacuum of space would boil every fluid in it, then...
07th Feb. 2014 10:02 AM
Toowoomba’s Kane Robbins is one of 200,000 applicants who would happily give up his life on earth for the chance to be in...
11th Jan. 2014 6:01 AM
OVER the moon is how former Mackay resident Paul Leeming felt after learning he had made it through to round two for a...
04th Jan. 2014 9:01 AM
