Space
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Moon contains trillions of dollars worth of minerals and rare earth metals but mining and transporting them has been…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Astronauts who are exposed to long periods of microgravity suffer health problems when they get back to Earth, an artificial…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Scientists have demonstrated that an impossible space drive that doesn’t need fuel and that defies physics might actually work, if…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The James Webb’s impressive array of near field IR sensors and high grade optics will allow scientists to learn more…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If it were not for the gravity of dark matter galaxies wouldn’t be able to hold themselves together and planets…
Have you ever wanted to float around the International Space Station? Now’s your chance Since its launch in 1998 only 225 people have ever set…
As humanity nears its goals of becoming an interplanetary species it’s inevitable one day that a new nation will take form In the wake of…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The race for Mars is hotting up as Boeing enters the race. Less than a week after SpaceX founder…
NASA is prepping robots for Mars so humans can get on with the important stuff A NASA robot which is programmed to dig for water,…
The UN wants every country to be able to realise the benefits of space The United Nations (UN) has announced its first ever official space…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Making the leap to become an interplanetary species will happen but Musk wants it to happen by 2022. Now…
China continues its conquest of space by launching a rival to the International Space Station China has launched its second ever space lab, a key…
