space Articles
Scientists capture the first image of a black hole
Two-hundred scientists have come together to produce the first ever image of a black hole in a landmark moment for astronomers
‘New Space’ comes to Manchester
ManSEDS’ annual Innovation in Space Festival featured Bob Morris, Chair of the Northern Space Consortium, who detailed how the UK space industry has changed recently
Jodrell Bank observes neutron star collision
Manchester astronomers at Jodrell Bank have been part of an international collaboration that have observed a rare and violent stellar event
New heights reached in Virgin Galactic spaceflight
‘Spaceplanes’ are notoriously difficult to take off and re-enter the atmosphere — so how did Virgin do it?
Japan touches down on a new frontier
The space agency of Japan, JAXA has landed their Hayabusa-2 probe onto the surface of an asteroid, opening up possibilities for space exploration, astronomy, and space mining.
Private money in space
Private companies have opened up space travel by bringing costs down – Wasim Aksar takes a look at those who are going boldly where no one has gone before
Radio bursts from deep space puzzle astronomers
Astronomers have been left stumped by radio bursts found by a new Canadian radio telescope, which have only ever been observed once before
InSight probe successfully lands on Mars
NASA’s InSight probe has successfully landed on Mars. Could it be the foundations for a manned mission to the Red Planet?
A brief history of Stephen Hawking
“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet” – Professor Stephen Hawking
Tim Peake’s space capsule coming to Manchester
The Soyuz space capsule that carried British astronaut Tim Peake is to make a landing at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry as part of its museum tour
Manchester and 60 years of the space age
As we approach the 60th anniversary of humanity’s first foray into space, we look back on the exciting advancements that Manchester took part in
Cassini’s grand finale
The probe’s historic exploration of Saturn comes to an end
Largest rocket launched from UK by Manchester space tourism firm
Privately owned commercial space travel company, Starchaser Industries Ltd., has successfully launched their largest rocket, the Skybolt 2, in Northumberland village of Otterburn
Students to go to Mars to read books and leave behind “legacies”
Three British students are in the running to become the first people to set foot on the Red Planet with Mars One, with 100 potential candidates left out of initially 200000 applicants
Starchaser Industries – the sky is not the limit!
Steve Bennett, the CEO of Starchaser Industries, gave an interesting talk on how his company plan to be at the forefront of UK space tourism