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NASA
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NASA ‘Accidentally’ Rediscovers Hidden Cold War Era ‘City’ Beneath Greenland Ice
29 Nov 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The abandoned city is Camp Century, a military installation constructed in 1959 by connecting a network of tunnels beneath a near-surface layer of the Greenland ice sheet.
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Something Fascinating Yet Ominous Happens To The Human Brain While In Space
25 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Scientists took a deep dive into the minds of astronauts who spent six months aboard the International Space Station—and the findings are equal parts fascinating and a touch unsettling.
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Monday Morning Spice
18 Nov 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Fatal fentanyl hits SA, Bluesky spike could spark end of X, The unvarnished truth about OnlyFans, Legal tussle looms over Rondebosch land, and Veteran Australian broadcaster charged with sexually abusing eight men.
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Monday Morning Spice
21 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Inside Johannesburg Water’s existential crisis, South Africa defeated by New Zealand in Women’s T20 World Cup Champions, Europe’s secret season for travel starts now, and The true lies of Elisabeth Finch.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
02 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Uber launches new ‘Uber Safari’ services in Cape Town, Bad news for braai lovers in South Africa, CEOs target eye-watering economic growth by end of 2025, and Switzerland and Italy redraw border due to melting glaciers.
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“Hacked NASA Again”: Hacker Gets Friendly Letter From Space Agency After Exposing Major Loopholes
30 Sep 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The Space Agency commended the hacker for spotting the flaw while also recognising his contributions as an “independent security researcher.”
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NASA Announces Record-Breaking Number Of Humans In Space
17 Sep 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
It’s the largest group living in space concurrently in history.
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Four Civilians On SpaceX Mission Complete The First Ever Commercial Spacewalk [Video]
13 Sep 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The mission has already set several records, travelling farther into space than any human since NASA’s Apollo program concluded more than 50 years ago.
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A NASA Spacecraft Collision Might Have Caused A Meteor Shower That Will Last For 100 Years
04 Sep 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
New research suggests fragments of Dimorphos will arrive in Earth and Mars’ neighbourhood within one to three decades,
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Friday Morning Spice
26 Jul 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
NASA may have found ‘root cause’ of Starliner spacecraft’s issues, FBI questions whether Trump was hit by bullet or shrapnel, Judge Mandisa Maya announced as SA’s first female Chief Justice, and The 50 Greatest luxury hotels on Earth.
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Monday Morning Spice
08 Jul 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Cape Town floods as icy cold front hits SA, Greece’s first helicopter airline, Boeing pleads guilty to a criminal fraud charge, Oscar-winning ‘Titanic’ producer dies at 63, and Napoleon’s pistols sell for €1.69m at auction.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
19 Jun 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The rand is heading to R17/$ as post-election optimism buoys markets, SA makes Top 10 list of ‘hottest men’ in the world, Justin Timberlake charged with DWI, The best way to travel around Europe, Nvidia becomes world’s most valuable company, and South Africa’s new telephone and cellphone number codes.
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Friday Morning Spice
14 Jun 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Media24 to close iconic newspapers, Two men die at sea off Sea Point beach, Worldwide migration is on the rise, Zimbabwe’s energy nightmare, South Africa has outline of a deal on new government, and Chris Brown gets stuck dangling in the air during concert.
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Maiden Human Test Flight Of Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Set For Tomorrow
31 May 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The mission follows a series of delays, including a scrubbed launch attempt on May 6 due to a “buzzing” valve aboard the Atlas V rocket and a subsequent helium leak in the Starliner spacecraft.
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Thursday Morning Spice
23 May 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
NASA’s Psyche mission fires up, 50 Cent sells Diddy documentary to Netflix, Original Train bassist dies after ‘slipping in shower’, and Sunak announces UK general election.
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NASA Releases New Visualisation Of What It Would Be Like To Be Swallowed By A Black Hole [Video]
09 May 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
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.
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Friday Morning Spice
26 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
South African accent voted second sexiest in the world, King Charles’ funeral plans reportedly being updated, South African goat sells for more than R1-million, The Cape ‘won’t split from SA’, and Emma Stone would like to be called by her real name.
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Thursday Morning Spice
25 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The film which beat Barbie at the box office in Italy, NASA hears from Voyager 1, Turn for property in South Africa, The wild life of ‘steroid king’s’ trusted sidekick, and The Cybertruck’s failure is now complete.
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Scientists Say They Have Found New Evidence Of An Unknown Planet In Our Solar System
19 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
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.
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James Webb Telescope’s Newest Find Suggests We’ve Misunderstood The Universe
16 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
This might be the only time that a mistake in understanding is considered exciting.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
03 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Massive new ‘town’ planned between Sandton and Waterfall, SA’s Three Ships Whisky wins world’s best, 7.4 magnitude quake hits Taiwan, Taylor Swift officially joins Forbes’ billionaire list, Mapisa-Nqakula has to hand herself in for arrest, and F1’s owner to take over MotoGP.
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US Libraries Now Accept Pictures Of Cats For Late Books
19 Mar 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Sounds like a purrrfect way to get the kids back into libraries.
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NASA Wants Human Guinea Pigs To Test Out Life On Mars
18 Mar 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
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.
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NASA Found A ‘Super-Earth’ That Might Possibly Be Habitable
07 Mar 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
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.
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How To Tune In Live To Tomorrow’s Attempted Moon Landing
22 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
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.
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A 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Lifted Parts Of The Japanese Coastline Up To Four Metres
06 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Some parts of the Japanese peninsula rose up to four metres, shifting the position of coastlines and leaving some ports dry.
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Monday Morning Spice
29 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Protesters hurl soup at Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Rassie Erasmus accident scare for Springboks, X makes Taylor Swift’s name unsearchable, The scandal shaking up South Korean politics, and 2024 Wine insights and predictions
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Wednesday Morning Spice
24 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Travel agent’s R460 000 ticket ‘bungle’ leaves SA U20 ice hockey team scrambling, Vatican sentences priest and ex-altar server In first-of-its-kind case, ‘Oppenheimer’ leads Oscar contenders with 13 nominations, Bad news for DStv, and ‘Betterment burnout’ is making us miserable.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
06 Dec 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Great white sharks returning to South African waters, South African water and sewage control systems potentially hit in global hack, Sun City, Pilansberg tourists ambushed, shot at for euros, CPT Arts Festival gives buskers their big break, and A starry tribute to Marianne Faithfull.
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NASA Is Coming To The Western Cape, But Not For The Reasons You Think
23 Oct 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
When we are told that NASA is sending two modified jets to Cape Town we all immediately wonder if the organisation is seeking out extraterrestrial life forms here – right?
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