From biosignature gases on alien worlds to the oldest galaxy ever seen, the James Webb Space Telescope made 2025 a landmark year for astronomy. Here are the most stunning discoveries.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you accidentally fell into a black hole? It’s one of the most fascinating and terrifying questions in all of space science! Black holes are some of the most mysterious objects in the universe, and the experience of falling into one would be unlike anything else imaginable.
You probably know that our Sun is a star. You also probably know that it is much larger than our own planet, Earth – in fact, you could fit around 1,000,000 Earth’s into the sun! But – do you know which star is largest star we currently know of?
The Red Bull Stratos mission, undertaken on October 14, 2012, went off without any major problems. The mission was an attempt for a balloon assisted aircraft to reach a world record altitude of 120,000 ft and for a human to then perform a freefall skydive from the vehicle at that height. The mission also had the potential for a human breaking the speed barrier during freefall. This was achieved during the freefall descent to Earth.
With the recent landing of NASA’s latest Mars rover, Curiosity, there has been a renewed excitement for discoveries to be found on Mars. However, while the Curiosity rover currently has much of the attention of space rover fans, let’s take a moment and discuss all of the rovers that were sent to land on the planet but failed. After all, Curiosity was not the first rover to attempt to land on Mars.