The first spacecraft designed to visit a star, the Parker Solar Probe…
Tag: Space
Podcasting Grows In Popularity
A third of US adults now listen to podcasts, up from just…
Aussie-made Cube Sat Launched To The ISS
Australia’s third ever locally-made satellite will be released from the International Space…
Improved Habitability At Jupiter And Saturn
A NASA sudy points to mounting evidence that conditions on the ocean…
Paradigm Shift In Affordable, Routine Access To Space
A reused Falcon 9 first stage completes a flawless mission by placing…
Curiosity Rover Wheel Damage Worsens
Showing the first signs of serious damage, two wheel grousers have broken…
Spitzer Finds Seven Rocky Exoplanets
NASA announces the discovery of a cluster of Earth-sized terrestrial planets a…
Should Australia Have Its Own Space Agency?
The time has come for the continent downunder to set up its…
Close Encounters – With Asteroids And ET
Another near miss as a huge space rock passes half way between…
Kepler Reveals Weather On An Exoplanet
The planet hunting space telescope continues to amaze with world-first observations of…
To Mars In 70 Days With NASA’s EM Drive
A promising rocket propulsion technique stirs up controversy in scientific circles. It…
Musk Proposes Global Fast Internet Via 4500 Satellites
In a scheme that would overcome the high costs and limitations of…
Becoming An Interplanetary Species
In a keynote at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico, Elon Musk…
Rosetta’s Shattering Climax
Lost for almost 2 years, the Philae lander is imaged, while the…
The Race To Mars
With the large number of Near Earth Objects floating perilously close to…
Travelling At 20% Of Light Speed
There are serious hazards in moving so fast, if it proves possible…
Space Exploration Update
Spectacular canyons imaged on Mars and Saturn’s moon, Titan, and NASA’s new…
Weekly News From Beyond Infinity 28/06/16
Our weekly news round-up: New Sino-Russian space alliance; Massive coral bleaching prompts…
Chaos In Orbit
A swarm of 170 million bits of man made junk surrounds the…
Mercury Transit Time-lapse
Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun…
Martian News From Beyond Infinity 10/05/16
A weekly Martian news round-up: Boiling water on the surface of Mars;…