The launch of 60 Starlink satellites by Elon Musk’s SpaceX has grabbed the attention of people around the globe. With Musk planning for up to 12 000 satellites in low-Earth orbit, this fleet could forever change our view of the heavens.
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The US and Japan will “dramatically expand” their cooperation in outer space, with missions to Mars and the moon coming “very soon”, US President Donald Trump said.
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has announced he is going to send a spaceship to the moon.
SpaceX has suffered a serious setback in its effort to launch Nasa astronauts into orbit this year, with the fiery loss of its first crew capsule during testing.
A British-led scientific mission has completed a seven-week expedition in the Indian Ocean aimed at documenting changes beneath the waves that could affect billions of people in the surrounding region over the coming decades.
A new space telescope has discovered its first Earth-sized planet in a star system beyond the sun.
An Israeli spacecraft has failed in its bid to become the first private craft to land on the moon after crashing on the lunar surface.
Scientists revealed the first-ever glimpse of a super-massive black hole on Wednesday in a “ground-breaking” discovery that proves Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Scientists announced the landmark results of the Event Horizon project, which used eight radio telescopes to observe a monster black hole.
Scientists have built a quantum computer that can generate simultaneous “futures”. Working on a subatomic scale, it can simulate 16 timelines for photons occupying different locations.