Exoplanet discovery by an amateur astronomer shows the power of citizen science
Apr 08, 2017 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
You dont need to be a professional astronomer to find new worlds orbiting distant stars. Darwin mechanic and amateur astronomer Andrew Grey this week helped to discover a new exoplanet system with at least four orbiting...
SpaceX Makes History, Re-Used Rocket Successfully Delivers Satellite
Apr 01, 2017 05:17 am UTC| Technology
One of the biggest goals of Elon Musks SpaceX is to create a sustainable means of launching rockets into space via re-usable units. The company just made history by actually achieving this goal with one of its Falcon 9...
Something big exploded in a galaxy far, far away: what was it?
Mar 27, 2017 16:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
At 10:49pm Western Australian time on February 2 this year, cosmic gamma rays hit the NASA satellite, Swift, orbiting the Earth. Within seconds of the detection, an alert was automatically sent to the University of WAs...
Astronomers to peer into a black hole for the first time with new Event Horizon Telescope
Mar 18, 2017 06:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Ever since first mentioned by Jon Michell in a letter to the Royal Society in 1783, black holes have captured the imagination of scientists, writers, filmmakers and other artists. Perhaps part of the allure is that these...
NASA Plans To Explore Water Worlds To Look For Alien Life
Mar 16, 2017 00:18 am UTC| Technology
Exploring other worlds has always been a goal that government agencies like NASA were meant for, but technological and resource limitations have always been huge obstacles. Now, the American space agency is looking to...
Fly me to the Moon? Why the world should be wary of Elon Musk's space race
Mar 06, 2017 13:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Want to fly to the moon? Well, now you wont have to bother with all those years of rigorous astronaut training all you need is a huge wad of cash. Elon Musk, technopreneur, has built a small spaceship called Dragon and if...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX To Fly Two People Around The Moon; Will They Beat NASA To It?
Mar 02, 2017 00:14 am UTC| Technology
At a Monday briefing, SpaceX revealed that two people have already paid the company to fly them around the moon on a Falcon Heavy space rocket flight in 2018. We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight