Space Technology

Update: SA young scientists in Indonesia science competition

The fifth edition of the International Science Technology Engineering Competition aimed to encourage research and innovation in Indonesia, offering participants a distinct platform to…

Eskom powers young scientists with bursaries, cash prizes

This year’s Eskom Expo International Science Fair saw young scientists reap the benefits of hard work grit and ingenuity. The International Science Fair was…

Inside the Concorde, secrets untold, the future in history

Once upon a time, there was a plane of the future known as the Concorde which was the first and the last commercial supersonic…

TIP: How to find that lost, REFRESHED video on TikTok

Here’s a way to find that refreshed video that you were watching before something grabbed your attention which led to that interesting video lost…

Trending: Elon Musk, UFO’s and the friends taken down

While Twitter head Elon Musk tweeted that his alien friends had stopped by, social media was ablaze with schools of tweets related to Unidentified…

Cut shopping time in half with AR shopping, this is what it looks like

Augmented Reality or AR for short is the real-life modification of the environment by the addition of sound visual and other sensory stimuli from…

WATCH: NASA asteroid collision

In an effort to measure asteroid trajectory by imparting momentum, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to shift it’s…

Satellite company AAC Space Africa launched in Cape Town

Swedish space company AAC Clyde Space has launched a new subsidiary in Cape Town to design, build, and deliver space technology to Africa. Launched…

South African company eMoyo launches tech into space with NASA

South African company eMoyo partnered with NASA to launch an innovative technology product space, for use on the International Space Station. The product was…

A second ‘mini moon’ has been orbiting Earth and we only just noticed it

Don’t look now — because you won’t be able to see it — but planet Earth has caught itself a new mini moon. Discovered…

A Samsung ‘SpaceSelfie’ satellite crashes into a US family’s backyard

A satellite believed to be a part of Samsung’s SpaceSelfie initiative crashed into a Michigan family’s backyard in the United States over the weekend….

Saturn is the new Solar System moon king after astronomical discovery

Saturn may have always stood in Jupiter’s larger shadow, but the gas giant can lay claim to one title in the Solar System: it…

Elon Musk’s Starship will carry 100 people ‘to the Moon, Mars, and beyond’

At a SpaceX event this past weekend, CEO Elon Musk revealed new details surrounding the company’s upcoming space transportation vehicle Starship, along with a…

NASA’s sun-kissed probe has already beamed 22GB of data back to Earth

Remember the Parker Solar Probe? NASA’s pioneering spacecraft has completed its first two orbits of the Sun in May, the agency announced. Incredibly, all…

Watch tonight’s total solar eclipse live on NASA TV right here

There’s a total solar eclipse today only visible across parts of South America and NASA will be streaming it live for the whole world…

The ambitious Stratolaunch project could be facing an early demise

Less than two months ago, Stratolaunch took to the skies in its first complete test flight. Now, Reuters is reporting that the ambitious project,…

SAAO’s Sutherland telescope plays key role in discovering horribly-hot ‘forbidden’ planet

A South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) telescope in Sutherland, Northern Cape has confirmed the existence of what sounds like the worst place you could…

Watch Stratolaunch, an enormous satellite-transporting plane, make its debut flight

On Saturday, a piece of aviation history was made. The Stratolaunch performed its maiden test flight above the Mojave Desert in California, some eight…

The first ever image of a black hole, or Sauron’s eye? Twitter debates

The National Science Foundation has released the first ever image of a black hole, showing the world what the mysterious phenomenon looks like in…

Even after its death, Cassini’s still shedding light on Saturn’s weird ring moons

NASA’s late Cassini spacecraft may have ended its mission in a death-dive into Saturn’s atmosphere, but the craft’s data is still keeping scientists scientists…

The internet just loved last night’s ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’ eclipse

Now that’s quite the mouthful. On Monday morning, the first full moon of 2019 coincided with a total lunar eclipse that many across the…

China’s pioneering cotton seedlings are dead after lunar night freeze

A few days ago, we were excited to report that cotton seeds had sprouted on China’s Chang’e 4 spacecraft, currently stationed on the dark…

China’s cotton seedlings are now sprouting on the Moon

When China landed its Chang’e 4 spacecraft on the far side of the Moon earlier this month, the country wasn’t only set on planting…

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