The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) celebrates 20 years of observing the sky. SALT is the largest optical telescope in the…
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The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most remarkable achievements of the modern age. It is the largest,…
Google has some interesting plans for the future of AI. The company describes its Project Suncatcher as a “moonshot,” and…
After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA’s US$10 billion (AU$15 billion)…
Advertising is everywhere else, so why wouldn’t it be in space? The idea of orbiting billboards isn’t new, but Russia’s…
Even at a distance of 150 million kilometres away, activity on the Sun can have adverse effects on technological systems on Earth. Solar…
The Sun will someday die. This will happen when it runs out of hydrogen fuel in its core and can…
Beyond the race for scientific, commercial and military purposes, there is another space race of a more curious sort. A…
For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous…
Space travel isn’t just about controlling a massive explosion until gravity stops caring. There’s usually a ton of scientific and…