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VR in space: Here's a great use of VR – in space! The HTC Vive Focus 3 is being used to help astronauts with both physical and mental health efforts. With the highly confined quarters on the ISS, astronauts are now using VR to experience more expansive environments back on Earth as well as to go cycling in Danish landscapes. Cool initiative – read more about it here.

Using the HTC Vive Focus 3 on the ISS.
Technology

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin's motley crew lifts off in just hours: here's how to watch

The most phallic rocket yet is scheduled for launch. Here's when and how to watch. Whatever you think of Bezos, Wally Funk is the real deal!

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin's motley crew lifts off in just hours: here's how to watch
Ideas

Branson, Bezos, and the Kármán line: how everybody wins this month's space race

Billionaires posturing over commercial spaceflight is the ultimate cockfight, but with Virgin below 100km up everyone gets to say 'First!'

Branson, Bezos, and the Kármán line: how everybody wins this month's space race
Ideas

NASA's Martian helicopter just keeps crushing its targets

Now nine flights deep into its extended mission, Ingenuity keeps pushing its limits – and keeps proving it has what it takes.

NASA's Martian helicopter just keeps crushing its targets
Ideas

Pentagon report says UFOs can’t be explained – that really is a big deal

The big report has arrived, and with no clear explanations we don't have to say 'aliens' but we do have to take UFOs seriously.

Pentagon report says UFOs can’t be explained – that really is a big deal
Games

Kerbal Space Program turns 10: inside the game's amazing evolution

The game with cute graphics and hardcore rocket physics is celebrating a decade of mindblowing space rocket fun and games.

Kerbal Space Program turns 10: inside the game's amazing evolution
Ideas

Do aliens exist? We asked five experts to tell us what's really out there

With US government documents getting conspiracies buzzing again, we ask five space scientists: are aliens really out there?

Do aliens exist? We asked five experts to tell us what's really out there
Technology

Jeff Bezos is strapping in for a crazy dangerous ride to space

A billionaire CEO joining in on the untested first ever crewed flight to space for his Blue Origin New Shepard mission is... a 'brave' choice.

Jeff Bezos is strapping in for a crazy dangerous ride to space
Ideas

NASA is heading back to Venus

The new VERITAS and DAVINCI+ missions will map our vicious neighbour and test its atmospheric chemistry before the end of the decade.

NASA is heading back to Venus
Technology

Japan's lunar transformer is the cutest space mission yet

Japan sending a cute transforming ball bot to the moon, Have I Been Pwned going open source, a Google privacy mess and lots more.

Japan's lunar transformer is the cutest space mission yet
Technology

The next Windows

Victoria passes an onerous law on EV drivers, Nadella hints at the future of Windows, plus Goog, Epson, esports and more in today's Daily.

The next Windows
Ideas

NASA Ingenuity first flight on Mars: nailed it!

It was a fine time of day for Australians to tune in for NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter flight experiment livestream. And they crushed it.

NASA Ingenuity first flight on Mars: nailed it!
Art & Culture

Space was meant to be humanity's dream, but billionaires have stolen it

If we get to space by leaving most of us behind, would we even truly be a interplanetary species or just a few rich arseholes in space.

Space was meant to be humanity's dream, but billionaires have stolen it
Ideas

First flight for NASA Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, gets official date

The Ingenuity helicopter, strapped to the Mars Perseverance rover, has finally confirmed its first flight date on the red planet.

First flight for NASA Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, gets official date
Ideas

NASA and Space X agree to not smash each other's satellites

An agreement has been signed between NASA and Space X where the companies will share future satellite information to avoid crashes.

NASA and Space X agree to not smash each other's satellites
Ideas

Mars Perseverance Rover Powered by 1998 iMac Processor

The brains that power the Mars Perseverance Rover are actually very old, and used to live in those colourful iMacs, but why?

Mars Perseverance Rover Powered by 1998 iMac Processor
Games

No Man's Sky Update lets you collect and breed monstrous pets

No Man's Sky update features a robust pet system. Players can adopt, train, and even breed all sorts of alien pets.

No Man's Sky Update lets you collect and breed monstrous pets
Ideas

How Australians can watch the Mars Perseverance Landing

The Mars Perseverance rover will attempt a landing on Mars this Friday morning and you can watch it live. Here's how.

How Australians can watch the Mars Perseverance Landing
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Staggeringly beautiful hunks of space are being auctioned off this month

You can check out the auction of dozens of beautiful pieces of moon, mars, and asteroids ranging in price from sub $1k USD to over $200k USD.

Staggeringly beautiful hunks of space are being auctioned off this month
Art & Culture

Earth's richest men fight over space

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are fighting over satellite space for their company's respective space internet programs.

Earth's richest men fight over space