Space

British Billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic has announced that it will merge with Social Capital Hedosophia (SCH), a …

Fifty years after the Apollo 11 Moonwalk, a vexillologist looks at the challenge of planting the flag on …

To keep our society running, we need fuel. But the fossil fuels that we are dependent on not …

A determined bunch of scientists set out to map the Moon in preparation for the Apollo landings, but …

Artificial gravity has long been the stuff of science fiction. Picture the wheel-shaped ships from films like 2001: …

Magnetic disturbances caused by phenomena like the northern lights can be tracked by a “social network” of ground-based …

On May 23, SpaceX launched 60 satellites into space. A part of the Starlink project, these are the …

The Chinese lunar rover Chang’e 4 has found what seems to be the first indication of minerals in …

Earth is bombarded every year by rocky debris, but the rate of incoming meteorites can change over time. …

Time travel is something that is often presented as a fantasy. The idea that a human being can …