Space

They’ve been told to take shelter. Astronauts on the International Space Station have been told to prepare for evacuation after a “worsening air leak” was reported onboard. The astronauts have also been told by NASA to take shelter as the leaks continue to worsen in the Russian segment of the spacecraft. It is being reported […]

1 month ago

Houston, we have a problem… The moment one of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rockets exploded into a truly terrifying fireball during a test has been going viral online and in the news. At around 21:00 local time last night (02:00 BST), a rocket made by Blue Origin was conducting a test on its launch pad […]

1 month ago

It comes after 10 days of space travel After 10 days of cruising through space, the crew of Artemis II are finally set to return home today – here’s what time and how you can watch the big moment live. The record-breaking space mission saw the crew travel the farthest any human has ever gone […]

3 months ago

People all have the same question… NASA has launched humankind further than ever before into space with the launch of Artemis II. On Wednesday, 1 April, the mission successfully took off with the crew now bound for the Moon. The 10-day mission will send four astronauts around the Moon in the Orion spacecraft to test life-support systems, […]

3 months ago

The ‘risk corridor’ has been revealed. Nasa has revealed a list of possible countries that could be hit by an asteroid in 2032. The asteroid named 2024 YR4, which is believed to be around the size of Big Ben, currently has a one-in-43 (2.3 per cent) chance of hitting Earth in 2032. David Rankin, a […]

1 year ago

Great news for those who missed out last weekend. If you were one of the unfortunate people who didn’t manage to catch a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis last weekend over Irish skies, you’ll be happy to hear that there’s a possibility they’ll be visible again tonight (18 May). The Northern Lights dazzled last weekend, […]

2 years ago