LOCAL A new deep-space ground station being built in South Africa’s semi-desert Karoo region will come online by 2025 to help track history-making NASA missions to the Moon and beyond, space agency officials said on Tuesday at a ground-breaking ceremony in the tiny village of Matjiesfontein. Through its Artemis programme,[…]
Russia has consistently opposed the idea of space militarization, but the actions of the US and its allies force Moscow to counterbalance this growing threat, President Vladimir Putin has said. “Russia has always opposed and continues to oppose the militarization of space,” the president told a government meeting on military policies.[…]
Thrilled by the enigma of a famous video shot in Turkey over a decade ago, some internet dwellers processed it through a powerful stabilization tool, revealing uncanny images that could dazzle even sophisticated ufologists. The mystery started back in 2008 when a Turkish night guard named Yalcin Yalman began videotaping[…]
Astrophysicists are known for mind-bending theories that are often too difficult for mere mortals to understand but new research suggesting the universe is actually a closed loop really takes the cake… or, erm, the donut? An international team of astronomers led by Eleonora Di Valentino of Manchester University pored over[…]
This November 11, 2019 the rare astrological occurrence of a Mercury transit will be visible from Africa, offering locals the chance to see an amazing display that takes place only 13 times each century. Essentially, the Mercury transit takes place when the smallest planet in the solar system moves in[…]
As Earth is apparently too small for China’s economic ambitions, the country is considering developing commerce beyond our planet and wants to create an economic zone in cislunar space by 2050. The new zone will cover areas of space near Earth, the Moon, and in between, Bao Weimin, the head[…]
Three videos appearing to show encounters between US Navy aircraft and UFOs are real, the service has admitted, while insisting the clips merely show so far “unexplained aerial phenomena” and were never cleared for public release. Three widely-circulated clips depicting military aircraft interacting with UFOs – mysterious objects performing maneuvers[…]
A gigantic floating rock formation, believed to emanate from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, is heading directly for Australia, and some believe it may prove to be a lifeline for the Great Barrier Reef. The giant volcanic rock pumice, over 20,000 football fields in size, is believed to be[…]
Elon Musk took to Twitter last week, first tweeting just two words, “Nuke Mars” followed by another tweet that announced, “T-shirt soon.” A few hours after that, Musk shared a mock-up of a T-shirt with the phrase ‘NUKE MARS’ on the front. Another version of the shirt showed Mars’ gradual[…]
It’s a scenario straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster, an asteroid is careening towards Earth and is set to wipe out human existence. To mark Asteroid Day, here are four space rocks on a collision course with our planet. The United Nations fears that the possibility of an asteroid smashing[…]
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