Tag Archives: Space

Do you have $28 million to spend on a seat aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket trip set to take off to the edge of space in July? On Saturday, a high bidder paid that amount to join Jeff Bezos and his brother, Mark, for the ride set to take …

Jeff Bezos is on track to beat his millionaire pals to the moon. On Monday, Bezos announced that he will fly to space on Blue Origin’s first crewed mission next month. The flight is set to take off on July 20, approximately two weeks after Bezos resigns as Amazon‘s CEO. …

Scientists are looking to send frozen seed, spore, sperm, and egg samples to the moon to create a lunar Noah’s Ark. Instead of two of every animal, University of Arizona researcher Jekan Thanga and a group of his students want to send the samples from about 6.7 million Earth species …

It’s official, the world’s first luxury space hotel is set to open by the end of this decade, giving travelers a new destination to add to their bucket list. The company behind Voyager Station, Orbital Assembly Corporation, has confirmed plans to start construction on the hotel in low Earth orbit …

In the next couple of days, two giant asteroids are set to fly past Earth. NASA says they will be three times the Great Pyramid of Giza’s size to put them into context. Newsweek reports that the first asteroid, called 2020PP, will be closest to Earth on January 23 at 6:26 am …

Jupiter and Saturn will appear as one for the first time in 800 years. The two planets pass one another about every 20 years, according to the Mount Wilson Observatory. The planets will be separated by 0.1 degrees on the longest night of the year, December 21. The timing of …