As aircraft technology improves, airlines are racing to provide ultra-long-haul services. Here’s a look at how record-breaking flights are becoming possible, and what travelling on one mi...

Emma Charlton 11 Sep 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

NASA is making a GPS for space - using AI

Artificial intelligence could help us navigate other planets.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 28 Aug 2018

Aerospace

As NASA turns 60, these iconic images capture the milestone moments

Since 1958, the space agency has been making history as it pushes the boundaries of what humans can achieve.

Johnny Wood 13 Aug 2018

Aerospace

Why is it so difficult to go to the Sun?

NASA's new Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to take off for the Sun this weekend.

NASA · NASA 10 Aug 2018

Aerospace

Lift-off: Aerospace start-ups have received $1 billion in investment this year

As technology advances, investors are becoming more confident in investing in new aerospace companies.

Tim Fernholz · Quartz 02 Aug 2018

Space

Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars to prepare for World War III

The founder of SpaceX sees humanity's future in the stars and hopes to send 1 million people to live on the red planet.

Melia Robinson · Business Insider 12 Mar 2018

Space

China's first space station is set to crash back down to earth

Tiangong-1 - or Heavenly Palace - was superseded in 2016.

Dave Mosher · Business Insider 09 Mar 2018

Space

The mysterious alien cigar ‘asteroid’ is actually an interstellar lump of ice

Our first interstellar visitor has been proven to actually be an icy body covered in a protective crust of organic chemicals.

Alan Fitzsimmons · The Conversation 20 Dec 2017

Aerospace

Flying cars are closer than you think

Electric aeroplanes, flying cars, drones and supersonic jets will transform the way we travel

Janson Wigo 07 Dec 2017

Space

What humanity’s history in space tells us about our future in the stars

Here's how human space exploration has evolved.

Christopher Ingraham · The Washington Post 31 Oct 2017

Space

Countdown: What will 2030's new space economy look like?

With private enterprise leading the way out into the solar system, the next few decades could see Amazon-ordered satellites, a lunar economic zone and the moon becoming a launchpad for Mars.

Ellen Stofan and George Whitesides 12 Jun 2017

Space

Need a holiday? What about a trip to the moon?

SpaceX plans to launch two paying passengers on a tourist trip around the moon next year.

Irene Klotz · Reuters 28 Feb 2017

India

India launched 104 satellites in a single mission

India's space agency says it has set a record in launching 104 satellites at once.

Douglas Busvine, Jacqueline Wong, and Rupam Jain · Reuters 16 Feb 2017

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