The International Space Station has often stayed above the fray of geopolitics. That position is under threat.
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In a laboratory 50 years ago, a new chemical compound was created that would impact the world as much as any drug, fuel or material.
Five tiny robots will blast off for the moon later this year, part of a scientific mission that envisions the two-wheeled bots scrambling across the lunar surface while taking sophisticated measurements.
There comes a time when the costs and risks of maintaining the International Space Station become too high, and this has been determined to be in 2030.
Elon Musk said on Thursday he is “highly confident” his new SpaceX Starship will reach Earth orbit for the first time this year.
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory has released a stunning new image taken by the MeerKAT telescope showing the complex centre the Milky Way.
Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope neared its gravitational parking space on Monday in orbit around the sun, almost 1.6 million kilometres from Earth.
South Africa was expected to launch three maritime-focused “nano satellites” into orbit on Thursday afternoon.
Nasa has embarked on a months-long, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope into focus.
Some cosmologists believe a previous, cold dark empty universe like the one which lies in our far future could have been the source of our very own Big Bang.