THIS year looks set to be another blockbuster year for daring space missions, from China’s asteroid retrieval to the first-ever private space station. Here are some of the biggest space missions ahead. 7 China is set to launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016… The most daring space missions coming in 2025 … Read more
A LARGE glowing ring of metal plummeted on a village in Kenya on Monday, in a shocking reminder of Earth’s looming space debris problem. Villagers discovered the “red and hot” object, which is suspected to be a rocket separation ring, on 30 December. 3 A huge space ring that weighs half a tonne… Mysterious half … Read more
SNAPS of Mars in snow are quite rare, given how hard they are to capture. But they give us a glimpse of what a future Mars colony might enjoy – or endure – during the winter holidays. 7 Cube-shaped snow, icy landscapes, and frost are all part of the Red Planets coldest season. 7 While … Read more
A NASA spacecraft is getting ready for a record-setting “closest-ever flight” to the Sun on Christmas Eve. The Parker Solar Probe launched back in 2018 to examine our local star – and will give scientists a very special Christmas gift this year. 9 Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe is preparing to make… Nasa craft set for … Read more
TWO astronauts stranded on the International Space Station are set to be stuck there for even longer after their escape has been delayed. Americans Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore won’t be back on solid footing until late March at the earliest after NASA set back their fight home. 3 The astronauts… Major update on two … Read more
NASA is paving the way for a new, quieter era for supersonic jet planes with its new shock-sensing tool. The X-59 Quesst, Nasa’s supersonic aircraft, has already been designed with a long and narrow build for a quieter “sonic thump”. 2 Commercial supersonic flight over land has been banned in the… Nasa’s own ‘son of … Read more
Stunning Nasa-backed space homes that will be ‘printed’ by giant robots so humans can live on brutal Moon surface …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> NASA astronauts of the future could live inside space homes built by giant 3D-printing robots. These robots would be part of Project Olympus, which hopes to construct buildings on the Moon and … Read more
Watch dramatic moment giant 3,500mph METEOR explodes in blazing white hot fireball over Siberia turning night into day …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> THIS is the astonishing moment a huge meteor exploded in a blazing white fireball as it flew at an incredible 3,500mph. Footage showed the space rock turning Russia’s night sky into day as … Read more
Nasa will pay you $20,000 to invent a way to rescue astronauts stranded at dark ‘South Pole of the Moon’ …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> NASA has asked brainy members of the public for ways to rescue astronauts stranded on the Moon – and will pay top dollar for your ideas. The US space agency has … Read more
Five mysterious space discoveries – from creepy radio signals to ‘nuclear pasta’ 10billion times stronger than steel …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> IT’S SAFE to say the universe is filled to the brim with weird and wonderful mysteries. Whether it’s nightmarish planets, or a literal cosmic question mark. 3 Tucked away in the Herbig-Haro 46/47 galaxy, … Read more