The mission, planning for which began in the late 1990s, is expected to conclude around 2034
Cutting-edge research will focus on the Greater Cape Floristic Region, which is home to thousands of plant species unique to the area
NASA chief Bill Nelson said the asteroid dust ‘will give scientists an extraordinary glimpse into the beginnings of our solar system’
Four years after its 2016 launch, the probe landed on the asteroid Bennu and collected roughly 250 grams of dust from its rocky surface
There have been more than 800 “events” collected over 27 years, of which two to five percent are thought to be possibly anomalous
The star, which is similar to the sun, engulfed the planet over a period of around 100 days
The ‘craggy mountains’ revealed by the Webb telescope is the edge of a star-forming region
Installing a wireless network on the Moon is just one step toward establishing a long-term human presence there
Analysis of Nasa data shows that although SO₂ emissions around the world have fallen by about 6%, the levels are high enough to harm the health of billions of people.
YouTube has driven millions of viewers to climate denial videos, a US activist group said on Thursday as it called for stopping “free promotion of misinformation” at the…
President Trump has relaunched the race to re-conquer the Moon — this time with the first woman — and to journey onwards to Mars
The spaceship was to collect 900 images over the course of a few seconds as it shaved by. Even clearer images should arrive over the next three days
There’s nothing innate about scientific ability, but some male scientists, in South Africa and internationally, still believe women can’t cut it
With today’s rocket technology, it would take an astronaut up to nine months to reach Mars
Senegal has made great strides in astronomy and planetary sciences in recent years
The launch marks the first time in nearly a decade that Nasa has had a tool in orbit to measure ice sheet surface elevation across the globe
Raila Odinga told Nelson Chamisa: ‘Declare victory early, and keep declaring’ — and Chamisa listened
They promise the earth and never deliver, but sometimes the world’s leaders give us the sun, the moon and the stars
The unmanned spacecraft’s mission is to get closer than any human-made object ever to the centre of our solar system
We used to laugh at the idea that Mars had canals — now it turns out there’s a whole fricking lake
