Space

Exploring what’s next. Stories on emerging ideas, innovations, and trends shaping the future of technology, culture, and the world ahead.

Astronauts finally find missing tomato that was lost for 8 months in the ISS
Astronauts finally find missing tomato that was lost for 8 months in the ISS

Thanks to microgravity, nothing stays where the astronauts put them.

Images from space finally reveal how Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids
Images from space finally reveal how Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids

We may finally be getting closer to an answer.

NASA telescope reveals ‘candyfloss’ planet where it rains sand
NASA telescope reveals ‘candyfloss’ planet where it rains sand

It also has scorching temperatures, raging winds and smells of sulphur dioxide.

US to return to the moon for first time in 50 years but this time there’s a big difference
US to return to the moon for first time in 50 years but this time there’s a big difference

This time there’ll be no “small step for man” despite it being a “giant leap for mankind”.

NASA reveals mind-boggling video of surface of Mars from its Perseverance Rover
NASA reveals mind-boggling video of surface of Mars from its Perseverance Rover

NASA scientists believe the arid area was flooded with water 3.5 billion years ago.

Scientists confirm first black hole ever imaged is actually spinning
Scientists confirm first black hole ever imaged is actually spinning

The first black hole ever imaged has given scientists “unequivocal evidence” that black holes spin.

NASA asteroid sample set to shed light on the solar system’s origins lands safely on Earth
NASA asteroid sample set to shed light on the solar system’s origins lands safely on Earth

Scientists have breathed a huge sigh of relief after its historic 4-billion-mile, seven-year journey.

Scientists design fuel making it possible for astronauts to live on the Moon
Scientists design fuel making it possible for astronauts to live on the Moon

Scientists are developing fuel for life on the Moon.

Scientists explain bizarre ‘question mark’ in space spotted by Webb Space Telescope
Scientists explain bizarre ‘question mark’ in space spotted by Webb Space Telescope

The question mark-shape was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope – the largest, most powerful ever built – and scientists have been analyzing it.

This giant balloon will take you into the stratosphere
This giant balloon will take you into the stratosphere

Space Perspective will start running test flights from as early as next year.

NASA fires a spacecraft into an asteroid to test Earth’s defense systems
NASA fires a spacecraft into an asteroid to test Earth’s defense systems

The spacecraft was fired into a 160m-wide asteroid called Dimorphos.

NASA’s Perseverance rover is close to finding life on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover is close to finding life on Mars

The latest samples it has found are the closest signs of life on the planet yet.

NASA’s most powerful telescope captures a galaxy from 4.6 BILLION years ago
NASA’s most powerful telescope captures a galaxy from 4.6 BILLION years ago

US President Joe Biden was the first to reveal the incredible image.

The $130m Crawler is the biggest vehicle in the world and carries space rockets
The $130m Crawler is the biggest vehicle in the world and carries space rockets

It carries billions of dollars of spaceships and rockets.

Meet the guy who is building an 8-meter Battlestar Galactica spaceship in his shed
Meet the guy who is building an 8-meter Battlestar Galactica spaceship in his shed

See the Australian man’s efforts to make a Colonial Viper Mark II.

‘World’s tallest skyscraper’ would hang upside down from an asteroid
‘World’s tallest skyscraper’ would hang upside down from an asteroid

An asteroid spinning around Earth would anchor a floating skyscraper that never touches the ground.