It looks like Virgin Galactic was more concerned with making sure that Branson would be the first billionaire in space than it was about properly implementing safety protocols.
NASA’s Curiosity rover is puttering around on Mars trying to find signs of life, and in the meantime, has provided material for a new video of a 360-degree panoramic tour.
Like a schoolchild whose toy was taken away from him by a playground nemesis, Bezos’ space company is claiming that NASA’s decision to go with SpaceX was unfair.
Astronauts from the International Space Station competed in their own version of the Olympics.
Two pranksters put out some flares and balloons in New Jersey in 2009, creating a local buzz around the possibility of UFOs. VICE shares a YouTube documentary that reveals the “social experiment” behind the hoax.
Along with the novelty of space tourism, SpaceX and its Netflix streaming special will mark a new era of live broadcasting.
It’s fun to speculate about the weird things that cameras have managed to capture on Mars and send back to Earth, but often there is a perfectly good, scientific explanation for it all.
At a distance of 628 million kilometres from Earth, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent us some dreamy snaps of Jupiter’s surface.
J.J. Abrams’ four-part docuseries explores our fascination with unidentified flying objects, and the influence the American government (among others) has had in masking the truth.
The US’s Federal Aviation Administration tightened the requirements for being awarded “astronaut” status, and it seems Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos don’t make the cut.
Jeff Bezos is being compared to Dr. Evil, and the general consensus is that the New Shepard rocket was rather phallic in shape.
Blue Origin’s founder, along with three other crew members, landed safely in the Texas desert after a fun-filled sub-orbital flight that lasted around 10 minutes.
Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk will finally go to space later today, and I don’t think it’s possible to find somebody more deserving.
The youngest and the oldest person to ever head to space will be on Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard rocket ship when it launches on July 20.
Ashton Kutcher sold his ticket to space onboard Richard Branson’s rocketship because his wife, Mila Kunis, said she didn’t think that it was a “smart family decision”.
As promised, Jeff Bezos is following Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic flight to space with a date set for next Tuesday, alongside a rather diverse crew.
Three of the world’s wealthiest people are trying to top each other with the most ambitious private space expeditions.
Travelling alongside a crew of five, Branson went just a little over 80 kilometres above Earth, reached suborbital space for a few seconds, and bested his billionaire rivals.
South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has been hard at work uncovering a large galaxy group, which is likely the most neutral hydrogen gas-rich group ever discovered.
The shortlisted photographs in The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s 13th Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition are so beautiful that it’s hard to believe they’re real.
The colossal Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet was first spotted in 2014, and has now made its way another billion kilometres closer to Earth.
The US intelligence community is releasing an unclassified report about UFOs soon, which they will deliver to Congress.
On July 20, Jeff Bezos will head to space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. It’s rumoured rival Richard Branson might try and beat him to the post.
NASA is designing new spacesuits for the Artemis missions, which will be taking the first woman and the first person of colour to the moon in 2024.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observed some fascinating cosmic wonders over the past 31 years, and now you can pinpoint one great photo taken on your birthday.
Travelling to Mars is an incredible feat, and while Elon Musk believes we can get there in the next decade, there are some serious obstacles to overcome.
The ‘Super Flower Blood Moon’ is visible in parts of the world today, with South Africans set to ogle the ‘Super Flower Moon’ tonight.
The “Star Formation in Gaseous Environments” project has released a video of the most beautiful, realistic, and highest resolution simulation of a star being born.
Human survival on another planet, especially one like Mars, depends on finding solutions to four key factors.
More and more US Navy personnel are speaking out about their experience with UFOs, and the Pentagon is due to release a report on the matter by June 1.