16 July 2018
Science begins with South Africa's super radio telescope
... Diamond in an address at the ceremony. “South Africa and the South African people should be proud: this is a fantastic milestone for the country, that will certainly make history. Now the science can start in earnest, and...
10 September 2018
IAU wrong about Pluto's planetary status say scientists
...spherical in shape explains Metzger. "And that's not just an arbitrary definition. It turns out this is an important milestone in the evolution of a planetary body, because apparently when it happens, it initiates active geology in the body.” If this...
21 September 2018
Net to capture space junk passes debut debris collection
RemoveDEBRIS, a satellite that uses a net to capture space junk, reached its first milestone this week as it successfully caught some mock debris 300 kilometres above the Earth. Like the plastic ...
26 October 2018
Orion's service module ready to be shipped from Europe
... with humans onboard. Orion is slowly coming together piece by piece and in this last year a number of key milestones have been passed as the spacecraft works towards completion; last month, NASA completed the final test...
