Richard Branson has become the first billionaire to ride his own rocket into space, successfully heading to the edge of…
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Over the next fortnight, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will take off into space,…
It’s not just American and European astronauts who get to walk in space. Over the weekend, two Chinese taikonauts conducted…
Gene editing as a technology isn’t new, but it was only with the advent of CRISPR (which sounds like a…
On June 25, astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet successfully completed an almost seven-hour EVA (extravehicular activity, or spacewalk) to install solar…
Astronomy is all about data. The universe is getting bigger and so too is the amount of information we have about…
You know, as much as we’ve been talking about space endlessly over the past few weeks, we’re happy to talk…
It’s not just space agencies exploring the space beyond our skies — private companies have a hand in it too.…
It’s a very good time to be a taikonaut. China’s space program has gone from a standing start to a…
On the morning of June 17, China launched its long-awaited Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, carrying three Chinese astronauts – or taikonauts – towards…