6 ways to save money on video games

We’ve put together a handy guide to help you save money on video games and get the most out of your gaming hardware. Gaming is a great hobby to have, but it’s not exactly the cheapest one either. Between the flurry of hardware upgrades, new console releases, as well as full retail prices on games … Read more

Save up to £70 on Celestron telescopes in these stellar deals at Wex Photo Video

Skywatching can be an expensive hobby but that doesn’t mean you always have to fork out a fortune on some superb stargazing equipment. That’s right, there are some great deals on Celestron telescopes right now.  Wex Photo Video have up to £70 off on select Celestron Astromaster telescopes, perfect for those looking to save money … Read more

See a large robotic arm ‘crawl’ across China’s space station (video)

Footage from China’s space station shows how its large robotic arm can “crawl” along the outside of the spacecraft. The new video from the Chinese Manned Space Agency (CMSA) shows the space station’s 33.5-foot-long (10.2 meters) robotic arm rising up from behind the Tianhe module and reaching out to find a docking port in the … Read more

What would a Super Bowl on Mars look like? Spacesuits and lower gravity for sure (video)

Ever wonder if it’d be possible to play football on Mars? The short answer is yes!  In a new video from NBCLX, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno and NBC sports producer Brad Fosler explain what Super Bowl LVI would look like on Mars as Los Angeles Rams face off against the Cincinnati Bengals at … Read more

Watch NASA’s huge SLS rocket for the Artemis 1 moon mission come together in this epic time-lapse video

We love it when a rocket comes together. In October 2021, NASA finished stacking the huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for its Artemis 1 moon mission inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. That was a big milestone for the agency and its moon-exploration plans, and a newly … Read more

SpaceX’s new Starship video animation is Tron meets Blade Runner in space

A stunning SpaceX animation released Thursday (Feb. 10) shows the Starship system on a future voyage to Mars. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk released the five-minute video during the program’s first major update since 2019. He spoke of the fully stacked Starship ready for an orbital trip in (he expects) later 2022 and his hopes to … Read more

AI Outraces Human Champs at the Video Game Gran Turismo

To hurtle around a corner along the fastest “racing line” without losing control, race car drivers must brake, steer and accelerate in precisely timed sequences. The process depends on the limits of friction, and they are governed by known physical laws—which means self-driving cars can learn to complete a lap at the fastest possible speed … Read more

Storm-battered SpaceX Starlink satellite’s fiery death captured on video

A dramatic video serves as a memorial to a star-crossed satellite that lived fast and died very young. SpaceX launched 49 satellites to low Earth orbit on Feb. 3 to further beef up the company’s huge and growing Starlink internet megaconstellation. But most of those newly lofted spacecraft will never beam any broadband signals down, … Read more

Astra rocket aborts 1st Florida launch attempt at last second (video)

Astra came tantalizingly close today (Feb. 7) to its first-ever launch of operational satellites. The California company’s Launch Vehicle 0008 (LV0008) was scheduled to launch the ELaNa 41 mission for NASA today from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. And it nearly happened: LV0008’s first-stage engines fired up at 1:50 p.m. EST (1850 GMT) … Read more

This SpaceX video of a Falcon 9 rocket stage separation during launch is just amazing

A new SpaceX video has captured a striking view of two critical moments in any rocket launch: stage separation for its booster and nose cone jettison.  The video, which SpaceX released on YouTube Saturday (Feb. 5), shows the company’s Jan. 31 launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Italian Earth-observation satellite Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation … Read more