Waiting for your delivery? Join the queue! Astonishing satellite image reveals the vast bottleneck of ships waiting to get through Suez Container ship Ever Given remains lodged in the Suez Canal, causing traffic jam Goods including oil, furniture, beer and even live animals are being held up Analysts say an estimated £290m worth of trade … Read more
This weekend the first supermoon of the year will be visible, named the Worm Moon, reaching its biggest and brightest in the night sky on Sunday. The Worm Moon is named for the earthworms that begin to appear in March, when the soil begins to warm up, bringing robins and other birds for the start … Read more
People in rural parts of the UK who are testing SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband network have responded positively, with one user calling the service ‘amazing’. UK users have reported huge jumps in speed after switching to Starlink, which is operated by SpaceX – the firm owned by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk – and powered by … Read more
SpaceX is accepting pre-orders from the public for its Starlink satellite internet. The Elon Musk-owned firm announced potential customers can enter their service address on its website and place a $99 deposit, which covers the first month of usage. Users opting in have received messages saying SpaceX is ‘targeting coverage in your area in mid to … Read more
SpaceX began its public beta program for its Starlink satellite internet last October and according to a public filing, the service now has ‘over 10,000 users in the US and abroad.’ ‘Starlink’s performance is not theoretical or experiment… [and] is rapidly accelerating in real time as part of its public beta program,’ SpaceX wrote in … Read more
For the last 15 years, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have been embroiled in a bitter rivalry over everything from their space ventures to their positions as the richest men on the planet. Here’s a rundown of their main rivalries. WEALTH Bezos has long claimed the title of the world’s richest man over his biggest … Read more
Thousands of rivers across the US have significantly changed color over the last 36 years, a new study reveals. A team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed 235,000 satellite images taken from 1984 through 2018 and found one-third of rivers have transitioned from blue to green and yellow. More than half … Read more
A North Korean parade has spelled out the message ‘defend with your life’ in a Pyongyang square in an apparent rehearsal ahead of a party congress in January. Satellite imagery showed the propaganda phrase being spelled out in Korean by people standing in formation and holding up red placards in Kim Il-sung Square. The think-tank … Read more
Following months of delays, a mysterious and classified US spy satellite has been launched into orbit around the Earth on top of a massive Delta IV Heavy rocket. Blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, took place shortly after 8pm EST yesterday evening, carrying its payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office. Experts have speculated — based on … Read more
The world’s first satellite launching drone, developed by a US-based space startup, will will be able to carry a new payload into orbit every 180 minutes, the firm claims. Aevum says the massive 80ft long drone, named the Ravn X, is fully autonomous, 70 per cent reusable, and can take off and land on runways … Read more