Nichelle Nichols has died aged 89

“What Gene did by casting us helped change society, change the way people thought, change the world. It’s amazing. He wanted [Star Trek] to be a reflection of the world, and that’s what happened,” said Nichols on her famed role. Source: Shutterstock. The actress best known for her role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in Star…

NASA

Russia to leave the International Space Station

NASA said that they weren’t informed about the decision by Russian space officials until after they made the announcement. Source: NASA. Russia is set to leave the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024, with Russian officials saying that they will build their own orbital station. The chief of Russian space corporation Roscosmos, Yury Borisov sat…

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Tasmanian observatory’s telescope mount to help avert collisions in space

Thousands of satellites and hundreds of thousands of objects orbiting Earth, such as debris and discarded rocket bodies, are being tracked to avoid collisions. Source: ESA/NASA, Flickr. A Tasmanian observatory has a new telescope mount that will help track fast-moving satellites and prevent catastrophic space collisions. The Greenhill observatory at Bisdee Tier near Hobart is…

close up picture of the sapling of the plant is growing

Scientists successfully grow plant in moon soil

“On almost every measure, growth, jobs, debt levels, fatality rates, vaccine rates, Australia’s recovery is leading the advanced world,” the PM said at the campaign launch. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The experiment has being hailed as a breakthrough after researchers were able to grow cress using lunar soil that was extracted from the Apollo 11,12 and…