Meet Point Nemo, where the International Space Station will die in 2030.

The International Space Station just notched a major milestone, but its days are numbered. Sunday (Nov. 2) marked the 25th anniversary of continuous human occupation of the International Space Station (ISS), which has carved out a spot in the history books as one of our spec…

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On this day in space! Nov. 3, 1957: Laika the dog launches with Sputnik 2.

On Nov. 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika was a 3-year-old stray husky-spitz mix from the streets of Moscow, and she was recruited by the Soviet space program for her small size and calm temperament. Unfortunately for Laika…

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1st samples ever collected from the moon's far side could help reveal where Earth got its water.

Fragments of a rare type of meteorite have been found in the sample of material brought back from the lunar far side by China's Chang'e 6 mission, and they could help shed light on the origin of Earth's water. The meteoritic debris found among the 1,935.3 grams (…

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of private Griffin moon lander delayed to 2026.

SpaceX's next mission to the moon, and the next launch of its triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket, has slipped to no earlier than July 2026. Astrobotic's Griffin-1 lunar lander, carrying NASA and commercial payloads that include rovers from Astrobotic and Astrolab, wi…

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NASA pushes back after Kim Kardashian claims moon landing was fake during reality show appearance.

Kim Kardashian doesn't believe America made it to the moon in 1969, and NASA is hitting back. On the most recent episode of "The Kardashians," the reality TV star attempted to convince Sarah Paulson the moon landing never happened. On Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, …

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Australian teen cricketer dies after ball strikes neck during training session.

The cricket community is mourning the loss of one of its own after a 17-year-old Australian died after being struck in the neck by a ball during practice, the country’s national governing body for the sport confirmed Thursday.  Ben Austin was training at Ferntree Gully in ea…

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NASA spots a spooky face glowing on the sun just in time for Halloween.

The sun is getting into the Halloween spirit once again. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured a hauntingly festive view of our star on Oct. 28, looking like a cosmic jack-o'-lantern grinning down at Earth. In the image, captured by SDO's Atmospheric I…

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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet makes historic 1st flight.

NASA's X-59 has finally taken flight. The X-59 is NASA's experimental new jet built to break the sound barrier without generating the thunderous sonic booms typically associated with supersonic flight. After taxiing out of the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) Plant 42 faci…

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12-year-old discovers 2 possible new asteroids

An Ontario preteen may be one of the youngest Canadians to ever find an asteroid. Siddharth Patel, a 12-year-old who lives in London, Ontario (west of Toronto), spotted two possible asteroids in September as part of a citizen science program that partners with NASA, accordin…

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US Navy helicopter and fighter jet crash in separate incidents in the South China Sea.

A US Navy helicopter and a fighter jet both crashed in the same half-hour on Sunday during separate routine operations over the South China Sea, with all crew members safely rescued, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said. The Navy has launched an investigation into the cause of both…

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On this day in space! Oct. 27, 1961: NASA launches 1st Saturn rocket test flight.

On Oct. 27, 1961, NASA launched the first test flight of its new Saturn I space launch vehicle. The Saturn I was the United States' first heavy-lift rocket designed to launch big payloads beyond low Earth orbit. This was also the first test flight of any rocket in the S…

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Kamala Harris says she may run for president again.

Former US Vice-President Kamala Harris has told the BBC she may run again for the White House. In her first UK interview, Harris said she would "possibly" be president one day and was confident there will be a woman in the White House in future. Making her strongest…

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Powerful NVIDIA chip launching to orbit next month to pave way for space-based data centers.

An NVIDIA GPU is heading toward its record-setting orbital debut, a trip that will test how data centers could work in the final frontier. The NVIDIA H100 GPU, which is about 100 times more powerful than any processor that has flown in space to date, will fly aboard the Star…

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On this day in space! Oct. 25, 1671: Saturn's Yin-Yang Moon Iapetus Discovered by Giovanni Cassini.

On Oct. 25, 1671, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered a new moon at Saturn! Iapetus was the second moon anyone had ever found orbiting Saturn, and it was the first of four moons Cassini would discover at the ringed planet. The Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huyge…

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Watch SpaceX launch 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from California on Oct. 20.

SpaceX is scheduled to launch another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit from California early Monday morning (Oct. 20), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites is scheduled to launch from Californi…

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UN nuclear sanctions on Iran reimposed.

The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran early Sunday over its nuclear program, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as its people increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need to survive and worried about their futures. The sanctions will again freez…

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Nuclear Explosion could save moon from asteroid strike in 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 caused quite a stir last year when it was discovered and originally calculated to have a 3 percent chance of hitting Earth. Since then, models have been refined, and while it no longer has a chance of hitting Earth, it does have a 4 percent chance of hitti…

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Private spacecraft will give NASA's Swift space telescope an orbital boost in 2026 in 1st-of-its-kind mission.

A private company will give a powerful NASA space telescope a new lease on life next year, if all goes according to plan. Arizona-based Katalyst Space Technologies has scored a contract to raise the altitude of NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which has been huntin…

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Satellites track Pacific tsunami in real time after massive Russian earthquake.

A massive earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in late July triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific — and NASA's experimental detection system tracked the event in real-time by monitoring the atmosphere above. The GUARDIAN (GNSS Upper Atmospheric R…

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Trump calls climate change 'the greatest con job ever perpetrated' on the world.

US President Donald Trump has told the UN General Assembly that climate change was "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world". Addressing the global body at its New York headquarters on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST), he scoffed at past predictions warning of …

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Meta is making its Llama AI models available to more governments in Europe and Asia.

Meta is allowing more governments to access its suite of Llama AI models. The group includes France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and South Korea and organizations associated with the European Union and NATO, the company said in an update. The move comes after the company took sim…

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Green Energy is a Scam and Climate Science is From ‘Stupid People’.

President Trump went on a rant against climate change at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, calling it the “greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” and saying that the scientific consensus on global warming was created by “stupid people.” He also berate…

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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast.

SpaceX launched its 119th Falcon 9 mission of the year today (Sept. 21), sending another batch of its Starlink internet satellites aloft from Florida's Space Coast. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 28 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to…

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A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet.

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years. While the volcano is located in what's now Indonesia, living organisms across the entire globe we…

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Watch NASA unveil its new astronaut class today ahead of Artemis 2 moon mission preview.

NASA will announce its new astronaut class today and discuss its upcoming Artemis 2 moon mission this week, and you can watch the events live. The action starts on Monday (Sept. 22), when the agency will unveil its 2025 astronaut class. These candidates, selected from a pool…

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Modi urges Indians to get rid of foreign products amid strained US ties.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a public address on Sunday asked citizens to stop using foreign-made products and instead use local ones, pushing for a self-reliant campaign when trade ties with the United States have soured. After U.S. President Donald Trump imposed …

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Earth's next 'mini-moon' could create a gold rush for asteroid miners.

Almost a year ago, the space science community watched as an asteroid entered Earth's orbit and circled above our heads for almost two months before departing. Scientists usually track such asteroids because of the risk they pose for life on Earth. But although they can…

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SpaceX launches 300th Starlink satellite-internet mission.

SpaceX just lofted yet another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink craft lifted off from foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today (Sept. 13) at 1:55 p.m. EDT (1755 GMT; 10:55 a.m. local California time). It …

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Former world boxing champion Hatton dies aged 46.

British boxing great Ricky Hatton, a former two-division world champion, has died at the age of 46, the World Boxing Association said on Sunday. Nicknamed 'the Hitman', Hatton won the WBA, IBO and IBF light-welterweight titles and the WBA welterweight world champions…

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North Korean leader's sister warns against US joint drills.

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, warned joint military exercises of U.S., South Korea and Japan could bring about "negative consequences" for themselves, state media reported on Sunday.. South Korea, Japan and the U.S. will …

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