50 years of the european space agency

On 2 November 2000, a US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts became the first full-time crew of the International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 1’s Bill Shepherd, Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko

Earth exists in a bubble. Our atmosphere forms a protective barrier between everything on the planet’s surface and the near-empty vastness of space. But it’s not the only bubble Earth sits inside. Bey

Speak your mind

Who hasn’t watched a show like Gladiators or Total Wipeout and thought: “Yeah, I could do that”? Or even: “I bet I could do better”? In my case, that thought also extended to – wait for it – astronaut

While our planet only has one easily visible Moon, several other tiny objects arguably deserve the title too

H umans love conspiracy theories. From the JFK assassination, the Illuminati and the ‘deep state’, to vaccine distrust and ‘chemtrails’, the modern world is awash with beliefs in collusion and hoaxes.