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Astronauts enter world's 1st private supply ship

(AP) -- Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A secret hidden in Australia's ocean eddies

Deep-diving ocean "gliders" have revealed the journey of Bass Strait water from the Tasman Sea to the Indian Ocean.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Australian adventurers in South Pole quest

Two Australian adventurers who made history by kayaking unassisted to New Zealand set off on Monday hoping to bag a new record by walking from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole and back.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Conflicting policies on flying under ash confuse

(AP) -- If you had hoped to fly Qantas between Australia and New Zealand, you were out of luck. The national carrier grounded planes after a plume of ash from a Chilean volcano moved over the southern Pacific.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Massive quake moves NZealand closer to Australia

A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has moved the south of New Zealand closer to Australia, scientists said Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 4

'Ocean glider' home after two-month voyage

Scientists are celebrating the first successful deployment and retrieval in Australia of a remotely controlled, deep ocean-going robotic submarine destined to play a central role in measuring changes in two ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Deep-sea researchers uncover several new species and thousands of fossilized coral samples

Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and an international team of collaborators have returned from a month-long deep-sea voyage to a marine reserve near Tasmania, Australia, that ...

Biology /

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists find new creatures of Australian deep (Update, Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists said Sunday they had uncovered new marine animals in their search of previously unexplored Australian waters, along with a bizarre carnivorous sea squirt and ocean-dwelling spiders.

Biology /

created Jan 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 10