The images give us a glimpse of the famous remnant of the supernova Cassiopeia A that exploded in the 17th century, 11 000 light-years away from Earth.
It all started when a Reddit user asked for examples of “a scientific fact that absolutely blows your mind”.
The space junk came from a recently launched batch of lost Starlink satellites caused by an unexpected sting in the tail from a solar storm.
Experts reckon 2022 could be profound as UFO disclosure and discovery becomes more commonplace and new scientific projects reveal more about life outside Earth.
A video of Europa and Io making moves around the planet is so gorgeous that some have questioned whether it is real or not. Spoiler – it is.
Just like in the film ‘Don’t Look Up’, a doctoral student made an unusual discovery while using a high-powered telescope.
Back in 2015, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space. It left its second stage behind, which is now on a collision course with the Moon.
Thanks to the International Space Station (ISS) we get to see Cape Town from space, on more occasions than one.
2021 will go down as one of the more memorable years in space for a multitude of reasons.
Possible evidence of a ninth planet in our Solar System seems more likely than ever according to a British astronomer.
Tom Hanks pretty much just dissed Jeff Bezos and his expensive commercial space jaunt during his appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ this week.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin just announced plans to put the first commercial space station into orbit, which will be like a “mixed-use business park” for film crews and tourists to enjoy Earth from a distance.
Former ‘Star Trek’ co-stars William Shatner and George Takei have been hating on each other for decades.
Captain James Kirk from ‘Star Trek’, William Shatner, has just traversed fiction by going into space for real this time as the oldest space traveller yet.
When you look up at the sky in late November, just know that there’s a chance NASA will be ramming a spacecraft into some space rocks.
The competition has been running for 13 years out of The Royal Observatory Greenwich, with more than 4 500 entries this year.
Retired NASA astronaut Jack Fischer is sharing some rather astonishing videos that show just how hectic space travel really is.
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.
Astronauts from the International Space Station competed in their own version of the Olympics.
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.
Three of the world’s wealthiest people are trying to top each other with the most ambitious private space expeditions.
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.
Branson to pip Bezos to space. SA tourism’s dire future. Ghislaine wants Cosby vibe. Amber Heard’s baby. James Franco settles big abuse bill.
Next month, the world’s richest person will head to space. These people argue that he should stay there.
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.
Mars now has a ridge named after a Namibian man who studied at the University of Stellenbosch.
Ask the general public to answer this question – the universe is expanding, but what is it expanding into? – and you’ll get a very mixed bag of responses.
NASA scientists have to consider many factors when it comes to feeding their astronauts nutritious, tasty, and storable food.