NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has discovered another Earth-sized, possibly habitable planet orbiting around a star and it’s ‘only’ 100 light-years away.
2019 has been a good year for scientists, who have made discoveries that have significantly expanded our understanding of Earth, the universe, and our place in it.
SpaceX’s Starship prototype literally blew its lid during a ground test in Texas on Wednesday, capping a rather average week for the company.
So you think you’re a pro just because you’ve cracked rank 8 000 on ‘Grand Theft Auto’? Well, this guy figured out how to steal Elon Musk’s space car.
Over the years scientists have tried to solve the problem of interstellar communication in some incredibly weird and wonderful ways.
The space plane is part of a classified mission to conduct in-orbit experiments, with some speculating that involves spying or testing space weapons.
Jeff Bezos has revealed his Blue Moon lunar lander, his plans for space travel, and the team he plans on using to do it.
Some remnants of Halley’s Comet come into view once a year, causing a spectacular meteor shower.
A former NASA scientist reckons they discovered life on Mars quite some time ago, but his findings were dismissed.
The winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics “painted a picture of a universe far stranger and more wonderful than we ever could have imagined”.
Elon Musk had a good time poking fun at NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine in a recent interview, and it looks like he has a point.
Elon Musk wants to establish a colony on Mars, and with Starship, he’s closer than you might think.
The hypersonic ‘Space Plane’ could fly you between Britain and Australia in just four hours, and change air travel as we know it.
SpaceX is gearing up to land people and cargo on Mars, and they have nine spots on the red planet picked out for touch down.
NASA is currently investigating what could be considered the first crime perpetrated in space, and it raises a few interesting legal conundrums.
According to Elon Musk, a big rock is going to hit the earth and we have no way of defending ourselves against it. NASA, however, disagrees.
In April, an Israeli spacecraft crash-landed on the moon. Turns out this may have some interesting side effects.
SpaceX is inviting companies to hitch their satellites to their Falcon 9 rocket. For a sizeable fee, of course.
Curator Jon Feinstein put together a collection of images capturing deep space fantasies and imaginaries.
Whilst most of the world celebrates 50 years since one of humankind’s most incredible achievements, conspiracy theorists run amok. That reminds us of this Buzz classic.
Someone missed one crucial detail about Apollo 11’s re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, and it could have proven fatal.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch. Whilst you probably know many of the ins and outs, there are still some surprises.
The Crew Dragon exploded shortly after returning from the ISS, and engineers now think they know why.
The International Space Station is proof that we can all get along if we put our minds to it. It also beams some great footage back down to us.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched early Tuesday morning in Florida, as part of the STP-2 mission. It was a pretty spectacular event.
Neil Armstrong’s kids speak about their late father almost 50 years after the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
Later tonight (US time), SpaceX’s famous Falcon Heavy Rocket will take to the skies. Onboard will be three new technologies that could redefine space travel.
The latest incredible image from NASA is an X-ray image of the entire sky taken by the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer.
The US Navy is finally speaking out about those strange flying objects, spotted by their pilots between 2014 and 2015.
Astronomer Marco Langbroek couldn’t help yelling “OAAAAAH!!!!” when he captured the train of satellites snaking across the sky.