China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, state media announced early on Saturday. The six-wheeled Zhurong robot was targeting Utopia Planitia, a vast terrain in the planet’s northern hemisphere.…
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USA: Musk trolls Bezos as space race between world’s richest men heats up
The space race between the world’s two richest men went into hyperdrive on Tuesday after Elon Musk took a swipe at Jeff Bezos’ attempt to challenge a major NASA contract.…
USA: Facebook v Apple’s ad tracking row heats up
A new feature is being introduced to iPhones and iPads this week which is causing a huge rift between Apple and Facebook. It will allow device users to say no…
Indonesia: Island that could host Elon Musk’s new SpaceX site
Indonesia has offered up one of its islands in West Papua as a potential launch site for Elon Musk’s ambitious Space X project – which aims to put humans on…
USA: SpaceX Dragon crewship launches to space station
Four astronauts have launched from Florida to the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the first crew launch from US soil this year. Americans Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Frenchman Thomas…
USA: Nasa successfully flies small helicopter on Mars
The American space agency has successfully flown a small helicopter on Mars. The drone, called Ingenuity, was airborne for less than a minute, but Nasa is celebrating what represents the…
USA: FBI arrest man over alleged attempt to ‘kill the internet’
US authorities have arrested a man who allegedly plotted to bomb an Amazon data centre, which he believed would “kill off about 70% of the internet”. Seth Aaron Pendley, 28,…
USA: ‘Strong’ evidence found for a new force of nature
From sticking a magnet on a fridge door to throwing a ball into a basketball hoop, the forces of physics are at play in every moment of our lives. All…
USA: Apophis asteroid will not hit Earth for 100 years, Nasa says
Earthlings can breathe a sigh of relief after US space agency Nasa confirmed the planet was “safe” from a once-feared asteroid for the next 100 years at least. Nasa had…
Skylab: The myth of the strike in space
It’s been almost half a century since the three astronauts on board the Skylab 4 space mission famously fell out with mission control. Soon afterwards, reports began to circulate that…