Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicts data will shift to space
- 03-Oct-2025
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted on Friday gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years and that continuously available solar energy meant they would eventually outperform those based on Earth. Speaking at the Italian Tech Week in Turin, Bezos also compared the surge in artificial intelligence to the internet […]
SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with ISS to reach stranded astronauts
- 16-Mar-2025
UNITED STATES: A pair of astronauts stranded for more than nine months on the International Space Station were a step closer to returning home Sunday after a replacement crew docked with the orbital outpost. The astronauts were shown on live TV embracing and hugging their counterparts in zero gravity on the space station shortly after […]
Putin, Kim discuss sending North Korean into space
- 14-Sep-2023
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un discussed the possibility of sending a North Korean into space, Russian news agencies quoted Putin’s spokesman as saying. President Putin and the North Korean leader held talks on Wednesday at a spaceport in Russia’s far east. “We talked about the fact that if the North Korean side wishes, a […]
Tomatoes grown in space flying to Earth today
- 15-Apr-2023
United States space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that tomatoes grown at the International Space Station (ISS) will return to Earth today (April 15) on SpaceX’s Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft. The event will be telecasted live. “Samples from the Pick-and-Eat Salad-Crop Productivity, Nutritional Value, and Acceptability to Supplement the International Space Station […]
Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock becomes Barbie Role Model
- 09-Mar-2023
Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock became Barbie’s Role Model for encouraging girls to become scientists. Watch ARY News live on live.arynews.tv British news agency BBC reported that Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, known for presenting shows The Sky at Night and CBeebies Stargazing, was honoured with a Barbie doll ahead of International Women’s Day and British Science Week […]
Is there life on Mars? Maybe, and it could have dropped its teddy
- 02-Feb-2023
Scientists say that the circular fracture pattern might be due to the settling of a deposit over a buried impact crater
NASA, SpaceX to study ways to boost Hubble telescope orbit
- 30-Sep-2022
Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to fund a study with NASA to examine ways to use the space company’s Dragon capsule to raise the Hubble Space Telescope’s orbital altitude, which would extend its useful life, agency officials announced on Thursday. SpaceX, whose Crew Dragon capsule ferries astronauts and cargo to and from the International Space Station […]
Climate risks dwarf Europe’s energy crisis, space chief warns
- 12-Aug-2022
The head of the European Space Agency (ESA) has warned economic damage from heatwaves and drought could dwarf Europe’s energy crisis as he called for urgent action to tackle climate change. Director General Josef Aschbacher told Reuter’s successive heatwaves along with wildfires, shrinking rivers and rising land temperatures as measured from space left no doubt […]
As satellites and space junk proliferate, U.S. to revise rules
- 06-Aug-2022
With Earth’s orbit growing more crowded with satellites, a U.S. government agency on Friday said it would begin revising decades-old rules on getting rid of space junk and on other issues such as satellite refuelling and inspecting and repairing in-orbit spacecraft. “We believe the new space age needs new rules,” Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman […]
Astronauts set up new lab on space station
- 25-Jul-2022
Astronauts entered the new lab module of China’s space station for the first time Monday, in a major step towards completing the orbital outpost by the end of the year. The station is one of the crown jewels of Beijing’s ambitious space programme, which has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made […]