First images from the James Webb telescope
Back in February, I talked about the James Webb telescope arriving in its final position – and now its first spectacular images are here.
Tag: Space
How to park a space telescope
After 30 days and 1.5 million kilometres, the James Webb Space Telescope has parked in its final orbit.
SpaceX rocket booster will crash into the Moon
After seven years hurtling through space, a 4 tonne SpaceX Falcon 9 booster is going to crash into the moon on 4 March.
Moth balls in space!
The chemical in moth balls, naphthalene, will be tested in space in a new satellite rocket propulsion system called Bogong.
What is the go with bases on the Moon and Mars?
Will there ever be bases on the Moon and will people ever make it to Mars?
In space no-one knows what to do with your dead body
Space travel is still quite new in the history of exploration and there have only been a few deaths. But if you die in space, what happens to your corpse?
Would you like Mars-conditions tomato sauce with that?
Heinz has grown tomatoes under Mars-like conditions and turned it into a ketchup that tastes like the Earth-grown variety.