Tag: space

You Can Now Have Lunch In Space For $132K

France’s Zephalto is providing a unique opportunity for passengers to embark on a journey to the stratosphere via balloon, priced at $132,000 per person.   With plans for approximately 60 flights annually, each accommodating a maximum of 6 passengers, Zephalto’s balloons will be manned by two pilots and reach peak altitudes of 15.5 miles above […]

Maltese Student Becomes First To Talk To Astronauts

Students from Stella Maris College spoke to American Astronaut Cassada aboard the International Space Station traveling over Malta Daniel Grech was the 1st one to ask Cassada a question making him the first-ever Maltese student to speak to an Astronaut aboard the International Space Station. “It feels absolutely incredible,” Daniel said and he added that […]

Asteroid to Hit Earth’s Atmosphere This Week

Look up! ☄   NASA has just just found an asteroid that is speeding into the Earth’s atmosphere.   NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) discovered asteroid 2023 BU on Saturday, January 21. It will pass by Earth on Friday, January 27, at roughly 12.30 am.   The object will pass just 2,500 […]

Star Wars Fans Spot Lightsaber On Mars

Star Wars fans will love this one 🪐   Fans of science fiction who have been following the progress of NASA’s most recent mission to Mars are fairly certain that the space agency took inspiration for the design of their equipment from Star Wars.   Photos taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover appear to show […]

NASA Says Time Travel Is Actually Possible

NASA has clarified that, in reality, we all travel in time    The space agency has stated that although “we are all travelling in time at approximately the same speed: 1 second per second,” science suggests that the kind of time travel portrayed in “movies or science fiction books” may actually be possible    Scientists […]

Johnny Sins Wants To Be First To Have Sex In Space

Anyone fancies some space porn? 😳   Porn actor Johnny Sins has admitted that he would still be excited to have sex in space and set a record for adult entertainment.   After memes about his having every profession under the sun went popular a few years ago, the most well-known male porn star in […]

Top 5 Astronomy Events Taking Place In August

  There is plenty to see in the night sky throughout August, including one of the most popular meteor showers to great views of the ringed jewel of the solar system.   Check out our top astronomy events to mark on your calendar!     The Sturgeon Moon   The 3rd and final supermoon of […]

WATCH: Meteor Lights Up Night Sky In Chile

  A meteor has been caught on camera streaking through the night sky over Chile’s capital, Santiago.   According to researchers from Concepcion University, the phenomenon that was observed on July 7 was a small rock body that burned when it entered the Earth’s atmosphere.       As it moved across the sky, the […]

Malta gets the chance to name a distant planet

Malta has been given an amazing opportunity to name a planet in deep space. The name will be chosen from nominations from the public and after a public vote. The new planet could be called anything from ‘Mdina’ to ‘Valletta’ or ‘Ghawdex’ or even ‘Mela’. The choice is yours. The planet Malta will get to […]

Spectacular volcanic eruption captured from space

A volcano which has erupted for the first time in nearly 100 years has been captured on camera from space. The spectacular photograph shows a towering mushroom-shaped cloud of ash and smoke rising over a remote Russian peninsula. Astronauts on the International Space Station snapped the amazing picture, showing the the Raikoke Volcano on the […]

The mighty black hole finally gets a name

The mighty black hole pictured in a world first photograph has been named Powehi. A language professor gave the Hawaiian name to the cosmic object, which was photographed with the help of two telescopes from the US island state. University of Hawaii Professor Larry Kimura said it was a ‘privilege’ to decide the entity’s name. […]

First ever images of black hole revealed

Astronomers have revealed the first image of a monster black hole, which is six billion times the mass of the sun. Using data collected from eight radio telescopes across the world, a team of 200 scientists were able to create an image around the supermassive black hole. The supermassive black hole which was photographed by […]

Why is the US racing to return to the Moon?

US Vice-President Mike Pence has ordered Nasa to return astronauts to the Moon within five years, with a woman first in line to set foot on the lunar surface. Referencing China’s recent successful robotic mission to the far side of the Moon, he said: ‘We’re in a space race today, just as we were in […]

Moon landings photographs that are out of this world

A Chinese spacecraft has made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon in the latest achievement for the country’s space programme. Here we take a look back at some of the images from successful moon landings from the past 50 years.   First moon landing July 20, 1969 – Apollo 11 The first landing […]

Spacecraft makes first landing on Moon’s far side

A Chinese spacecraft has made the first-ever landing on the far side of the Moon. The unmanned lunar explorer touched down on Thursday morning. It is carrying instruments to examine the region’s geology, as well as other experiments. Chinese state media called the landing ‘a major milestone in space exploration’. While past missions have been to […]

Astronaut shares new picture of Malta from space

A stunning image of Malta has been captured by an astronaut hundreds of miles away from the Earth’s surface. European Space Agency flight engineer Paolo Nespoli snapped Valletta from the International Space Station, which orbits at a height of 250 miles. He wrote: ‘Hello Malta and La Valletta! I bet a lot of people are […]