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If an alien were to look at Earth, many human technologies – from cell towers to fluorescent light bulbs –…

Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, it is now…

Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System. They enable modern weather forecasting,…

Agenda 2063 is the African Union’s long-term framework for socio-economic development, regional integration and the preservation of history and culture.…

The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Aerospace Systems Research Group (ASReG) has successfully tested a powerful liquid-propellant rocket engine as the first…

Jeff Bezos, the richest man on the globe, is safely back on earth after his jaunt to space. Commenting on…

Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids, laments the Rocket Man in Elton John’s timeless classic. In…

Wealthy Richard Branson is back safely on earth after a trip to space in his Virgin Galactic spaceplane. The take-off…

Virgin Galactic, a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, announced that the flight window for the next rocket-powered test…

Over the next fortnight, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will take off into space,…