QuickCheck: Will a ‘city-killer’ asteroid hit Earth in 2029?

SPACE is a dangerous place for us humans. The absence of oxygen that we need to breathe, extreme temperatures that can cook one side of your body and freeze the other side at the same time, and intense radiation that can fry your organs from the inside out. These are but a small taste of...

QuickCheck: Is Earth getting a second moon this month?

THE cosmos has a way of surprising us, and this month is no exception. Imagine looking up at the night sky and discovering a second moon orbiting our planet. But don't start planning your moon parties just yet. Could Earth really be welcoming a new celestial companion, even if just for a short while, or is this...

Nasa beams Missy Elliott’s debut solo single into space

Missy Elliott's debut solo single The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) has been set into outer space. Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California used their Deep Space Network to transmit the song 158 million miles from Earth to Venus at the speed of light, taking just 14 minutes to reach. The rapper posted to X: "Yo this is...