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Video: This calm and tranquil place is the eye of Hurricane Michael

If you ever wanted to know what it’s like standing beneath the eye of a hurricane, now you know. Hurricane Michael, which just a…

Super Typhoon Trami is even scarier than Florence from space

Planet Earth has seen its fair share of horrifying storms these past few weeks. With Florence ravaging the US east coast earlier this month,…

Hurricane Florence from space is beautifully frightening

The next few days are going to be rough for those on the east coast of the United States. Hurricane Florence, a major cyclonic…

NASA loop shows the ever-shrinking Theewaterskloof Dam from space

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, has today published a GIF showing the desiccation of Cape Town’s largest dam —…

Interstellar object seen in solar system for first time

Astronomers around the world have rushed to observe the first confirmed interstellar object in our solar system, taking the form of a cigar-shaped asteroid….

NASA, Uber are serious about bringing flying taxis to cities by 2023

In an unlikely partnership, NASA has sought the services of Uber to build air control software that will manage the flying taxis of the…

Osiris-Rex will today fly past Earth before visiting our asteroid neighbour

We’re still mourning the loss of Cassini but space exploration doesn’t have time for emotion. Instead, another craft is on NASA’s radar this week…

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…

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…

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…

Boeing’s Deep Space Gateway will be our high-tech taxi to Mars

There’s a slim chance that us human beings will be populating both the Moon and Mars in the next few decades. Boeing, alongside NASA,…

NASA’s online library will up your inspirational quote game

If only the hipsters of 2012 could see us now. More than 140 000 NASA images, videos and audio files have been released to the…

Mars Curiosity Rover is injured with no one around to fix it

It’s a sad lonely world for a space craft. You’re sent deep into space beyond foreign worlds and forced to survive with little to…

NASA used AI to capture lava lakes from orbit

AI might be all the rage now, but NASA has been using an AI system for over a decade to quickly direct satellites to…

Snapping Dublin’s city lights from space is how NASA celebrated St Patrick’s Day

Everyone feels just a little bit Irish when St. Patrick’s Day comes around. This year, the feast fell on Friday with millions of human…

New Google Doodle honours NASA’s latest discovery

It’s not often mother Earth discovers long lost relatives in outer space, but that’s largely what NASA has announced this week. The space exploration…

NASA finds seven Earth-like exoplanets in one system

In what is a landmark moment in the search for exoplanets and a possible future second home, NASA has announced the discovery of seven…

Help NASA find the ninth planet in our solar system

Scientists have long believed there to be a ninth planet in our solar system, due to some theories that involve science and numbers and…

Dineo’s dangerous siblings: 4 other cyclones that hit South Africa this century

Tropical cyclones are fairly common in the Indian Ocean, but they rarely venture anywhere near South Africa’s shores. Most of the time, the country…

Cassini beams back unprecedented views of Saturn’s rings

NASA’s venerable Cassini spacecraft is currently grazing Saturn’s rings, beaming some astounding images back to Earth in the process. The images, published on NASA’s…

X-Ray vision reveals supermassive blackholes nearby

Astronomers at the Southampton University have used “X-ray vision” to reveal supermassive blackholes which were hidden behind thick interstellar gas near our galaxy. The…

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