Space Technology

SpaceX will fly a Japanese billionaire around the moon for art

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced the first private space tourist to venture to the Moon’s orbit will be Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. Maezawa, founder…

The Moon is getting its own 4G network in 2019

I only just got 4G LTE in my area, but noooo, serving the planet Earth is just too damn boring for some companies. Four…

Sci-fi gone real: flying cars, commercial space travel and teleportation

Sci-fi gone real is a series that focusses on the extravagant concepts dreamt up in the world of sci-fi, exploring just how close they…

Elon Musk bids Starman farewell in a final Instagram snap

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared the “last pic” of his cherry-red Tesla roadster hurting towards the Asteroid Belt, after it was launched into…

Manned missions, moon shots: what else can we expect from SpaceX for 2018?

SpaceX has blasted to the history books with the successful launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket last night, but you might be wondering about its…

Replay: Watch the moment SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launched

After numerous delays, SpaceX has finally delivered the first test flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket. Billed as the most powerful operational rocket available…

Pictures: the ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ lights up social media

There’s something mythical about the Moon — that little spherical ball roughly the size of Australia revolving around the Earth more or less once…

‘Thanks for the science’: NASA leads emotional Twitter farewell to Cassini

After nearly 20 years in space, and 13 years studying Saturn and its host of moons, Cassini has plunged headfirst into the gas giant,…

ETA 2 days: Cassini begins its daring death dive towards Saturn

Nearly 20 years ago a spacecraft named Cassini-Huygens began its journey to the Solar System’s second largest gas giant Saturn to study the planet…

NASA’s SDO captures huge solar flares in gorgeous GIF

Human beings might be under siege thanks to the current tropical weather on Earth, but in space, the Sun’s atmosphere is seemingly more active…

Hubble delivers hints of water in Earth-like TRAPPIST-1 system

Earlier this year, NASA announced the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star, called TRAPPIST-1. The find meant that TRAPPIST-1 was among…

Cassini takes deepest dip into Saturn before crashing

NASA’s Cassini space probe is less than a month away from crashing into Saturn as part of its Grand Finale, but this week will…

Solar Eclipse 2017: America’s doggos prepare on Instagram

In a few minutes, the Earth’s Moon will begin its rude obstruction of the Sun, covering much of the central United States in darkness…

A partial lunar eclipse will be visible from South Africa tonight

Great news, lunar lovers in South Africa. According to the South African Weather Service (SAWS), much of the country will tonight experience a partial…

‘Hot Jupiter’: You probably wouldn’t want to stay on WASP-121b

Human beings have long been searching for an alternative, habitable planet to fly to when they inevitably destroy their current home. But the exoplanet…

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy set for November, but will it even leave launchpad?

The Falcon Heavy is SpaceX‘s next big rocket, but it’s been a long time coming. It was set to be launched late last year,…

NASA’s groundbreaking Parker Solar Probe to visit the Sun in 2025

As ambitious as Icarus might’ve been, even he flew a little too close to the Sun. But in the non-fictional world, NASA is planning…

South Africa’s nSight1 nanosatellite makes history 300km above the Earth

South Africa’s first privately-owned nanosatellite dubbed the nSight1 has been successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS). The nSight1 began its…

Watch live: astronauts repair the ISS during historic 200th spacewalk

Two NASA astronauts are about to embark on the 200th spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS). Peggy Whitson and Jack Fisher are the…

California wants to tax spaceflight, based on distance

Florida is widely seen as the state of choice for spaceflight in the USA, but California also plays host to its fair share of…

Cassini’s latest fly-by captures Saturn’s creepy but fascinating surface

NASA has this week published new images of Saturn’s surface taken by its Cassini spacecraft in April. The decade-old craft, embarking on the first…

Where’s the dust? Cassini non-discovery puzzles NASA

NASA’s Cassini space probe has started its Grand Finale, diving between Saturn’s rings before crashing into the gas giant later this year. However, the first…

Cassini’s grand finale: Saturn’s best friend embarking on its final mission

NASA’s fabled Cassini mission is about to come to an abrupt but long-coming end. The craft, which has been a part of Saturn’s sky…

Keanu Reeves’ as a stunt-driving toy stars in new Toy Story 4 trailer

Canadian town takes up the ‘Cape Town Challenge’ to reduce water usage

Millions of Instagram celebs’ data reportedly exposed online

SA’s Intergreatme sets Africa crowdfunding record with over R28m raised in just days

Start-Up Chile calls on female entrepreneurs to join S-Factory accelerator

African tech startups to get share of Bamboo Capital Partners’ €100m Bloc Fund

Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 features 8MP camera, Android Oreo

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 could feature a selfie camera hole in the top-centre of its screen

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals