Space

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

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.

China reveals wild plans to ‘attack’ Earth-threatening asteroids
China reveals wild plans to ‘attack’ Earth-threatening asteroids

It’s like Armageddon in real life.