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.
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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.
The successful launch on Saturday of the James Webb Space Telescope is a timely opportunity to reflect on what previous generations of telescopes have shown us.
If all goes according to plan, the 6.3 tonne instrument will be released from a French-built rocket after a 26-minute ride into space.
Liftoff of Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope, designed to peer further than ever into the universe, has been delayed until Christmas Day.