Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has filed a formal complaint with the US Federal Aviation Administration against Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Since the 1980s astronomers have been aware that Saturn is losing its rings, the big question is why and how long before they are all gone

Here are the potential impact zones of NASA’s dead satellite weighing around 300 kilograms headed for Earth TODAY. Watch the video here.

Get ready to witness an exciting astronomical event on the evening of 28 March because five planets are set to align

A first in history – two pairs of black holes in two separate dwarf galaxies are on a collision course; they will merge and become one

A Japanese astronomer has caught a meteorite crashing into the moon using cameras to monitor this; the crater could be around 12 meters

Scientists have discovered a huge chunk of the sun has broken off and was circulating in a polar vortex. WATCH the video here.

Grab those telescopes and binoculars – the once in a lifetime green comet will be visible to South Africans THIS WEEKEND

Stargazers were treated to a spectacle in the evening sky as Jupiter reached its closest distance to Earth since 1963.

Hyundai and Kia partner with six Korean research institutes to develop mobility solutions for exploring the surface of the moon.

‘Many people will be born in space,’ says Jeff Bezos who believes that Earth will soon be nothing more than a vacation spot for humans.

South Africa and Russia have announced a new joint space project. It will be based in the North West. Not that luxurious, but we’ll take it!

‘He’s a lovely Englishman, but…’: William Shatner defended his trip into space after Prince William ranted about how billionaires should rather focus on fixing the Earth.

My piggybank’s bigger than yours: As his wealth gap is widening, Tesla’s Elon Musk took a dig at Jeff Bezos by tweeting a silver medal emoji.

Grimes is on the rebound! The musician is joking that she wants to colonise one of Jupiter’s moons following her split from Elon Musk.

‘District 9 part 2 the shrimp are back!’: Social media users were quick on the uptake following a strange black circle ‘hovering’ over Pretoria.

Bright lights and the big city: This is what Johannesburg and parts of the West and East Rand in Gauteng look like from space.

An amazing video, taken from aboard the International Space Station, shows what an aurora over South Africa looks like.

South Africa has been chosen as the base of a new space company due to its highly skilled engineers and data scientists.

Made in China: The ‘meteor shower’ that lit up the sky across South Africa has been identified as the Chinese Yuanzheng-1S rocket being deorbited.

From sharing images from space of Venice and the Dubai golf club, Nasa astronaut, Shane Kimbrough also shared one of what Cape Town looks like at night.

NASA is looking to simulate a year-long Mars experience. Who will qualifies for this ‘pretend’ mission to the Red Planet?

Wally Funk has spent the past 60 years trying to find a way into space after the Woman in Space Programme was shut down in 1961.

It appears that extraterrestrials have stopped visiting Earth during the pandemic – with only one reported sighting of an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) in SA.

A bidder has paid over R380 million for a seat with Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos when he launches his out of earth spaceship in July this year.

SpaceX successfully landed its Starship rocket during a test flight. It was a big deal too – previous prototypes all went up in flames.

Happy Star Wars Day! May the force be with you.

The Long March 5B rocket – successfully launched by China on 28 April 2021 – is returning from outer space. Where will it land? No one knows

Russia’s space agency said it hoped to launch its own orbital station in 2025 as Moscow considers withdrawing from the International Space Station programme to go it alone.

Virgin Galactic has unveiled its newest addition to its fleet of next-generation spaceships.

Sky watchers, gather ’round. We’ve collected all the major celestial events in one place, for your convenience. From rocket launches and meteor showers to eclipses and notable space events, find it all here.

If all goes according to plan, this will be the 15th successful test flight.

Ingenuity will lift off on Sunday, 11 April to conduct the first-ever powered flight over Martian skies.

NASA ruled out the possibility of the Apophis asteroid hitting earth in 2068 on Friday. It passed the planet earlier this month.

NASA revealed the images of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter for the first time on Sunday. The aircraft will test the viability of flight on Mars.

The 2001 FO32 asteroid is believed to be between 440 to 680 metres wide.

The dreaded Asteroid Apophis is here…

Beam us up, Scotty!

SpaceX’s Starship rocket prototype SN10 is the third prototype to explode after launch, following the SN8 in December 2020 and the SN9 in February 2021.

Meet 29-year-old Hayley Arceneaux.

It’s Mars Landing day!

Lake Salda in Turkey will help guide the search for ancient life on Mars. Here’s how.

R.I.P Falcon 9 B5 B1059.6.

New research confirmed that Apophis is picking up speed and “might cause chaos” when it eventually reaches us.

You don’t want to miss this!

SpaceX confirmed the launches had been postponed to “allow for additional time for pre-launch checks”.

Another Starship prototype goes up in flames.

A dying star disrupted mobile phone reception in South Africa this month. Here’s what you need to know.

SpaceX is prepped for the launch of the Transporter-1 mission and ready to break a new record. Watch the live stream here.

Get ready for liftoff!

The two radio galaxies discovered by the MEERKAT Telescope are amongst the largest single objects in the universe.

Here’s what NASA have planned for 2021.

SpaceX’s Starship prototype completed the ascent, freefall, and the bellyflop manoeuvre before exploding.

Sky watchers, gather ’round. We’ve collected all the major celestial events in one place, for your convenience. From rocket launches and meteor showers to eclipses and notable space events, find it all here.

The “Resilience” Crew Dragon capsule became the first NASA-certified spacecraft to transport astronauts to space since the Space Shuttle programme launched four decades ago.

The US space agency has just spent six years and R373-million to ensure its next astronauts can have the best possible toilet experience.

Researchers want to study every square inch of planet Earth. The problem is that some areas are challenging for humans to get to in order to monitor.

There are still unanswered questions remaining surrounding the creation of the moon.

They won’t be the Martians imagined by Hollywood, but simple life forms could have been sufficiently protected and survived.

World Space Week – the largest annual space event in the world – celebrates and inspires interest in space sciences and technology.

The moon is constantly bombarded by cosmic radiation and there is no protection on the lunar surface from these potentially dangerous particles.

On 22 September 2020, the International Space Station (ISS) did an emergency manoeuvre away from fast-moving orbiting space junk.

Researchers believe that they have uncovered the key to building a habitat on Mars.

A recent theory posits that our Sun may have started its life with a binary companion. But what happened to the second Sun, and what does it mean for the Oort Cloud?

The last time Cape Canaveral planned three space launches in one week, was in 2001 when a Titan 4 launched on 6 August, followed by a Delta 2 on 8 August and the NASA Space Shuttle on 10 August.

Here’s what new observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope found about the unexpected dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse.

The images, taken by NASA’s Juno Cam, show electrical discharge and shallow lightning originating from Jupiter’s clouds.

Join the mission on 4 September 2020 by tuning in to Netflix for the premiere of ‘Away’. Here’s what you need to know.

SpaceX is now one step closer to reaching Mars. Watch the fifth Starship prototype successfully completing a hop test and landing in one piece.

Resembling a butterfly with its symmetrical structure, beautiful colours, and intricate patterns, it appears to float and flutter across the sky.

August’s full moon – the Sturgeon Moon – will shine the brightest on Monday evening and Tuesday morning. Don’t miss it!

The countdown is on. In less than 24 hours, the Mars Perseverance rover will embark on a seven-month journey to the Red Planet.

NASA warns that a massive Near-Earth-Object (NEO) bigger than London will pass by Earth. Here’s what we know about the potentially hazardous Asteroid 2020ND.

Professional astronomers and amateur stargazers are in seventh heaven as Comet Neowise zips through our cosmic neighbourhood.

NASA confirmed on Wednesday 15 July that the countdown is underway for the launch of Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur IV Rocket from Wallops Island. Watch the launch here.

Simply spectacular!

The insight offered by the new study comes from studying maps of Pluto’s shape and features.

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy’s left wrist mirror detached and drifted off into space during a spacewalk on Friday 26 June 2020.

NASA has picked Kathy Lueders to lead its Human Exploration and Operations Mission to get astronauts back to the Moon and then to Mars.

NASA’s new tool AI4Mars will help the team of engineers driving the Mars Curiosity Rover to navigate the Red Planet.

Gareth Dorrian, Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science and Ian Whittaker, Lecturer in Physics, breaks down four astronomical discoveries.

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign created controversy with a video featuring the SpaceX launch. The video violated NASA’s media regulations.

June’s Strawberry Moon will shine brightest on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Here’s what you need to know.

Several large objects will be passing near Earth in June, just in case 2020 was bad enough already. On 6 June 2020, Asteroid (NEO) 2020 LA will be whizzing past Earth.

SpaceX hopes to launch its eighth Starlink satellite mission from Cape Canaveral. Here’s what you need to know.

More than ten million watched live as NASA and SpaceX launched astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley into space, the first crewed mission in nine years. Watch the highlights here.

SpaceX and NASA confirmed that it’s all systems go for Crew Dragon’s first crewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS). Here’s what you need to know.

SpaceX and NASA scrubbed the Launch America mission approximately 17 minutes before liftoff; due to inclement weather. Here’s what you need to know.

NASA and SpaceX are pressing ahead with plans to launch astronauts to space from US soil for the first time in nearly a decade on 27 May, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

The ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) observed the tell-tale signs of a star, AB Aurigae, being born. See the images here.

Asteroid 2020 KR will pass by Earth at a safe distance on Wednesday, 20 May 2020. Here’s what you need to know.

A team of astronomers from South Africa used the MeerKAT telescope to solve a longstanding puzzle in X-shaped radio galaxies.

A ‘mall-sized’ asteroid safely zipped past Earth on Wednesday, 29 April 2020. Another asteroid passed by on Tuesday. Hectic!

The Hubble Space Telescope team also created a worldwide art contest to celebrate the 30-year milestone.

Retired astronaut Scott Kelly shares his wisdom for staying engaged and motivated during lockdown.

Why was the decision to delay the launch taken – especially given that both Rosalind Franklin and Kazachok are already built? Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at The Open University, explains why.

How the Earth got its Moon is a long-debated question.

SpaceX will be launching its twentieth Commercial Resupply Services mission from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this weekend. Watch the live stream here.

The name of NASA’s next Mars rover, currently known as Mars 2020, will be unveiled during a live event on NASA Television. Here’s what you need to know.

If you were wondering how not to pressure test a starship, we have the answer. Elon Musk’s most recent Starship prototype, the SN1, exploded during testing at a SpaceX facility.