‘Technical incident’ puts Europe’s GPS system fully offline for days
A major technical error has caused Europe’s satellite navigation system to be fully offline since Friday, with most satellites powering the Galileo system broken, the...
Posts Tagged: "Space"
India Calls Off Mission to Moon Less Than One Hour Before Launch
India called off its mission to the moon early Monday, putting on hold its plans to be first...
No country is sending weapons into orbit now, but ‘militarization of space is only matter of time’
NATO’s first space strategy sees Earth’s spheres of orbit as a theater of war – just like land...
Four asteroids on possible COLLISION course with Earth
It’s a scenario straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster, an asteroid is careening towards Earth and is set to wipe out human existence. To mark...
SpaceX to send HUMAN ASHES into orbit aboard Falcon rocket… for $5k per gram
SpaceX is prepping for a launch of its third Falcon Heavy rocket, this time loaded with 24 satellites,...
NASA Rover on Mars Detects Puff of Gas That Hints at Possibility of Life
Mars, it appears, is belching a large amount of a gas that could be a sign of microbes...
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were lost on the Moon. Really
Once Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed Eagle on the Moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts and their spaceship were actually lost. Oh, Mission Control never...
NASA moon rocket costing $800mn more than space agency is admitting
NASA has been playing down the true cost of its Boeing Artemis-1 moon rocket, a government watchdog says....
Gold & platinum came to Earth in a massive star explosion – study
Our understanding of the origin of Earth’s heavy metals, such as gold and platinum, looks set to be...
Star Trek’s Starfleet logo spotted on Mars
On the Red Planet’s Hellas Planitia expanse, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted a rather conspicuous logo that...
Apollo 11 Navigated 3D Space with 73kb Computer
Your dishwasher has more brain power than the computer that flew the Apollo astronauts to the Moon. But don’t let your dishwasher take control of...
Astronomers claim sighting of long-lost Apollo capsule ‘Snoopy’ after decades in space
A team of scientists believes they have beaten 235-million-to-one odds of finding the lost ‘Snoopy’ spacecraft from the...
NASA Admits That It Can’t Explain Why This Mysterious Abyss Opened Up On Jupiter
NASA has identified an ominous-looking hole in the clouds of Jupiter and admitted it cannot explain why the...
First known ‘intergalactic bridge’ discovered 10 million light-years away
A so-called ‘intergalactic bridge’ that stretches between two galaxies has been spotted 10 million light-years away by scientists who are hailing it the first discovery...
Russian space chief says he would NOT hire Elon Musk
There’s no career opportunity for Elon Musk with Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, its head Dmitry Rogozin said,...
Two newborn exoplanets caught sucking in matter from distant star
Astronomers have released images of a nascent two-planet system being formed around a young star, a bit smaller...
Pentagon to ban US companies from using Russian space launches & satellites
The Pentagon has introduced restrictions that will prevent American companies from using Russian space rocket launches and satellite services, set to take effect in 2023....