ESA’s Gaia mission produces richest star map of our galaxy to date
The ESA released data from its Gaia mission today. The new star map is the richest data catalogue ever produced. The map includes high-precision measurements of almost 1.7 billion stars...
National Geographic reveal 3D, 360-degree video tour of the International Space Station
As a part of its a documentary series - "One Strange Rock" - the National Geographic Channel has created a 360-degree VR tour of the International Space Station National Geographic...
Update – TESS Rescheduled to Launch Today
If you are wondering why they have not heard if TESS was launched successfully on Monday; that was because rocket issues pushed back the launch to today. The Falcon 9...
Planet-hunter telescope TESS launches today
A new tool for would be planet hunters is due to blast off from Cape Canaveral later today.
SpaceX reveals tooling to build the first manned spaceship to Mars
Elon Musk has revealed the tooling SpaceX will use to build the first manned spaceship to Mars. The post, reveals a huge carbon fibre mandrel (with a Tesla Model 3...
SpaceX Starlink gets green light to provide broadband services through low-Earth orbit satellites
The United States Federal Communications Commission has approved Elon Musk's SpaceX plan to provide broadband services using satellites. The scheme will be the first time a U.S. licensed satellite constellation...