You Could Take A Trip In A Space Elevator Sooner Than You Might Think
The space elevator cable, which will stretch through the Earth’s atmosphere, will carry materials and people using wheeled lifts called “Climber”.
NASA Releases New Visualisation Of What It Would Be Like To Be Swallowed By A Black Hole [Video]
This new, immersive visualisation produced on a NASA supercomputer represents a scenario where a camera — a stand-in for a daring astronaut — enters the event horizon, sealing its fate.
Scientists Say They Have Found New Evidence Of An Unknown Planet In Our Solar System
If Earth was the size of a marble, the edge of our solar system would be 11 kilometres away. That’s a lot of space to hide a planet.
James Webb Telescope’s Newest Find Suggests We’ve Misunderstood The Universe
This might be the only time that a mistake in understanding is considered exciting.
NASA Wants Human Guinea Pigs To Test Out Life On Mars
To understand what it might be like for humans to make it to the real Mars, and stick it out, behavioural ecologist Kelly Weinersmith gave her two cents.
Watch The Space One Rocket Explode After Launching In Japan [Video]
The plan had been for Kairos – an ancient Greek word meaning “the right moment” – to put the satellite into orbit about 51 minutes after take-off.
NASA Found A ‘Super-Earth’ That Might Possibly Be Habitable
First found in 2023, the exoplanet has a mass of 3.02 Earths and it takes 19.3 days to complete one orbit of its star.
SA Retailer Game Sent A Can Of Baked Beans To Space On Leap Day [Video]
Until Woolies launches a macaroon into orbit, Game is the only South African retailer to pull off a stunt like this.
World’s Largest New Tourist Spacecraft Is ‘Swankier Than A Cocktail Lounge’
Jeff Bezos’ rocket is going to need a bigger glans.
How To Tune In Live To Tomorrow’s Attempted Moon Landing
If Thursday’s landing attempt goes according to plan, Intuitive Machines could become the first company to pull off a successful touchdown on the lunar surface.
The South African Astronomical Observatory’s ‘Open Nights’ Should Be On Your Cape Town ‘To-Do List’
This is one of Cape Town’s best ‘uncommon’ experiences and one that the whole family will enjoy.
Point Nemo – The Most Remote Place On Earth Where Spacecrafts Are Laid To Rest [Video]
Sitting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the ‘space graveyard’ is also known as the “pole of inaccessibility,” with the nearest patch of land 2,700km away.
Ashes Of Star Trek Cast To Float Around Space Forever After Botched Moon Mission
The giant rocket launched into space on the 8th of January and was headed towards the moon, but the mission unravelled very quickly and it has now been declared a huge failure.
Scientists Have Been Left Baffled After A Seriously Powerful Beam Of Cosmic Energy Hit Earth
A beam of cosmic energy so powerful that it carried the equivalent of hundreds of billions of volts of electricity hit Earth in 2021 and scientists are mystified by this for a couple of reasons.
Soar through the ‘Labyrinth of Night’ With NASAs Beautiful New Martian Footage [Video]
The science bros have released another thrilling video; This time viewers can experience flying through Mars’ enormous “Labyrinth of Night,” a system of extremely steep valleys and mountains about the length of Italy.
NASA Reckons Americans Will Be Living On The Moon By 2040
By 2040, there could be more than one man on the moon.
World’s First Ever Space Drug Factory Denied Re-Entry To Earth
Varda Space Industries wants to build the world’s first commercial microgravity industrial park at scale.
Amazing Satellite Video Shows China’s Space Station Being Assembled In Earth’s Orbit [Video]
Tiangong is currently inhabited by the three-person Shenzhou 17 crew, but China aims to keep the orbital outpost occupied for at least a decade and potentially utilize the station for commercial purposes.
ICYMI: Here’s That Rare Blue Supermoon That Lit Up The Night Sky [Images]
At a time when the internet is littered with AI-created images that are hard to tell apart from the real deal, it’s clear that no one does it better than Mother Nature.
India Announces Sun Research Mission Days After Successful Moon Landing
The nation’s ability to adapt and refine existing technology, combined with its wealth of skilled engineers operating at lower wages compared to international counterparts, have been driving factors in India’s success.
Scientist Explains What Really Happens When You Die In Outer Space
About 30 astronauts and cosmonauts have died while training for or attempting dangerous space missions. But the vast majority of these deaths occurred either on the ground or in Earth’s atmosphere.
Must Watch: James Webb Space Telescope Docuseries On Netflix Shoots For The Stars [Video]
If you’re a fellow space-geek, the four-part Netflix docuseries Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine should be entering your personal orbit.
NASA And Metallica Combine Forces For The Artemis 1 Moon Rocket Launch [Video]
“Give me fuel! Give me fire!” the award-winning metal band sings on top of their characteristic guitar power chords.
NASA Drops Awesome Image Of Star Nursery In Celebration Of JWST’s First Year Of Science
“Our own Sun experienced a phase like this long ago, and now we have the technology to see the beginning of another’s star’s story.”
Delve Into The Stellar Shortlists Of The Astronomy Photographer Of The Year Awards [Images]
It’s pretty cool to see astronomy pros and hobbyists alike share some of their incredible shots of the pretty things up top in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards.
Listen To Deep Space – NASA Has “Sonified” Galaxies Etc Into Orchestral Music [Videos]
Sound not being able to travel in space hasn’t stopped NASA from producing musical tones from the same telescope data that shows us such stunning pictures of deep space.
NASA Scientist Reckons There’s Already Life On The Moon Thanks To Humans
While there’s no man or rabbit on the moon, NASA says there might actually be something on the moon.
Time To Feel Small Again – Webb Telescope Stares Deeply Into The Starry Heart Of A Galaxy Far, Far, Far Away [Video]
Feeling small is nice if you just go with it and pretend you’re an atom being sucked into the void, without bills or adult friendships to worry over.
Watch This Unusual Green Meteor Explode Over Australia [Videos]
A plummeting green light burned through the sky over Australia on Saturday with such a brilliant flash that it could be seen for miles.
Make Yourself Feel Really Puny With NASA’s New Black Hole Video
Black holes are so massive that not even light can escape, which is how you know you’re basically nothing in comparison.