The Victoria and Albert East Storehouse, a warehouse that holds items unable to fit in the renowned British museum’s main space, offers the public a rare glimpse at history — including David Bowie’s trousers and an enormous Picasso piece.
American astronomer-turned-medical physicist and now NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz ferry ship Thursday for a Thanksgiving Day flight to the International Space Station. With commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov at the controls of the Soyuz MS-28/74S spacecraft, flanked on his left by flight engineer Sergey Mikaev and on the right by…
The Great Wildebeest Migration is one of the most remarkable natural spectacles on Earth. Each year, immense herds of wildebeest, joined by zebras and gazelles, travel 800-1,000km between Tanzania and Kenya in search of fresh grazing after the rains. This vast, circular journey is the engine of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. The migration feeds predators such…
AST SpaceMobile on Wednesday announced a deal with Verizon to provide cellular service from space beginning next year. This deal aims to bring direct-to-service connection via space to cell phone users “when needed” on Verizon plans, according to AST. It marks an expansion of a partnership between the two companies announced last year. AST shares…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos speaking on a panel at Italian Tech Week 2025 in Turin, Italy. Remo Casilli/Reuters Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted on Friday that gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in space within the next 10-20 years and that continuously available solar energy meant they would eventually outperform those based on Earth. Speaking…
Africa’s ability to realize the national security, communications, development, and disaster mitigation benefits from satellites and other space technology relies on optimizing opportunities for collaboration. March 2024 ushered in a new era of Africa’s relationship with the space domain. That month, a severed submarine cable caused internet outages across 13 West African countries. Businesses, banks,…
A new study by researchers at the University of California San Diego has found signs of accelerated aging in human stem cells that spent just over a month in space. The research provides further insight into the dramatic physiological and psychological changes that astronauts can experience during extended space travel. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile…
Before Pedro Matos joined the World Food Programme (WFP) for 17 years, he said his job in space engineering just “wasn’t enough”. Ahead of donning a beige WFP vest and boots to face hurricanes, wars and refugee camps, the Portuguese scientist worked with satellite imagery and cartography, creating maps to support humanitarian missions, until he…
Using satellite data, the CSIR studies the effects of climate change on coastal systems. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has welcomed the official integration of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) and Africa programme into the African Space Agency (AfSA). It says it’s a pivotal moment for space science, environmental…
NewsFeed Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary and the United States returned to Earth early Tuesday after the 20-day SpaceX Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station. They parachuted into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. Published On 15 Jul 202515 Jul 2025
