Space Exploration
These Odd Mars Photos Actually Have Straightforward Explanations
03 Aug 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
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.
They’ve Detected Some Rumbling From Deep Within Mars
07 Apr 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
There’s been some mysterious rumbling coming from inside Mars. Scientists, with the help of the InSight Lander, are busy figuring out what it could mean.
Historic NASA Photos Up For Auction
10 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Christie’s is auctioning off images from those first few years of space exploration, captured when photography was still analogue.
NASA’s Latest Video Should Inspire The Next Generation Of Astronauts [Video]
20 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
In a new video, NASA has announced their plans to establish a permanent human presence on the moon, followed by the first man on Mars.
Billionaire Bigelow Reveals His Plan To Sell Hotel Reservations In Space
21 Feb 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Another billionaire has announced his plans to commercialise space, this time with inflatable modules that form a private space station.
Here’s The Video Elon Musk Tweeted Of His Rocket Landing On A Tiny Boat In The Middle Of The Ocean [Mental]
11 Apr 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Perhaps showing the lighter side of Elon Musk, you would think the track in the video was made for this exact moment.
So This Billionaire Is Making It His Business To Find Aliens
21 Jul 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Humans have always been fascinated with the search for extraterrestrial life, although usually they don’t have a few billion dollars lying around to dig deeper. Enter this guy.
Guys, Check Out These Strange Lights Shining From A Planet Called Ceres
26 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
So somewhere out there in the constantly expanding universe is a planet called Ceres. Scientists looking to find out more info on the planet have noticed something very much out of the ordinary.
Everything You Need To Know About The First Human Colony On Mars [INFOGRAPHIC]
30 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Could we ever truly live on Mars? The mind boggles at the thought of it – partially because so many questions remain unanswered. Will we be able to come back? Will we be able to breathe up there? It just seemed too implausible to truly happen. But doubt no longer, because we have confirmation from this here infographic that a Mars settlement mission is very much on the cards.
South Africa Is Building A Satellite
23 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa is entering the space realm. The Denel Group is creating a high resolution, Earth observing satellite. The satellite will be called the EO-Sat1, and will be monitored by the South African National Space Agency.
NASA Wants to Pay You R175,050 To Lie In Bed
20 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Do you want to lie in bed for 70 days and not have a worry in the world? NASA has the job for you. They are looking for candidates to help them further their research into space and all they need you to do is lie in bed. You can do anything you want, as long as you continue to lie down.
Check Out This Video Of 3 Astronauts Parachute-Landing Their Capsule, After 166 Days In Space [PICS + VIDEO]
11 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The photo above shows NASA Expedition 36 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy being carried to a field medical tent shortly after he and Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) landed in their Soyuz capsule in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, this morning.
Were You Planning On Space Travel? You’ll Have To Live In This Pod For 2 Years First [VIDEO]
05 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Over two decades ago, eight people entered what they called Biosphere 2. It is a 3,15 acre ecological ark which is situated an hour north of Tuscon, Arizona. Would you be able to survive living and communicating only with eight people for two years?
Awesome Time Lapse Alert: The Mars Rover’s 9 Month Mission In 1 Minute [VIDEO]
28 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has been poodling around on the surface of Mars for over nine months now, poking in the dirt and sending back pictures of its shadow and/or penises that it drew in the sand. You can thank a humanoid, then, for recovering some of Curiosity’s dignity with this excellent time lapse
Dilithium Crystals From Star Trek Could Be Used To Fly Astronauts To Mars – Really
29 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember how the fictional dilithium crystals were used to make travel faster than the speed of light in Star Trek: The Next Generation? Well those crystals – or crystals with an uncanny similarity to them – may be coming to the real world in one of the best instances of art imitating life that we’ve ever seen.
Awesome Interactive 360° Panorama From The Surface Of Mars
14 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Unless you’re currently in some kind of deep space training program, or you have some diabolical plan that no one knows about, the chances are pretty slim that you’ll ever actually get to set foot on Mars. Thankfully, we’ve got the next best thing for you, a fully interactive 360° panorama from the surface of the Red Planet. Enjoy.
Asteroid Mining Could Save The World’s Economy
23 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Time-tested wisdom says the sky’s the limit. However, a group of billionaires are looking to change that as they launch the first ever venture to mine asteroids, in space. For real. Click through for the details.
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