Ancient Hawaiian law prohibited anyone but tribal leaders from ascending Mauna Kea. But today you'll see hardhats, bulldozers, and protesters decrying the desecration of native land.
Ancient Hawaiian law prohibited anyone but tribal leaders from ascending Mauna Kea. But today you'll see hardhats, bulldozers, and protesters decrying the desecration of native land.
America’s rocket launch program began at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the 1950s. We were given the chance to visit these launch sites and explore 60+ years of the base's rich history.
Shining a light on the Cosmic Dark Ages, with plumbing parts and chicken wire.
Boca Chica, Texas exists in some nexus between the United States, Mexico, and now, Mars.
Elon Musk reveals a Starship prototype in Texas: a massive rocket, seemingly inspired by the Tintin cartoons from the 1950s, that SpaceX will use to launch humans to deep space.
It's probably not a great idea to launch a citizen's raid on Area 51. However, if you do, don't leave home without the Supercluster Area 51 Guide.
You don’t need government funding to take a great photo of the cosmos.
A discussion on the mythology of Star Trek and its impact on human space exploration.
Tardigrades––tiny but extremely tough creatures––were snuck aboard the Beresheet Israeli lunar lander and may have survived their crash landing on the moon.
When aliens call, will artificial intelligence pick up the phone?
This week: Supercluster's Robin Seemangal is down at Cape Canaveral with contributor and launch expert Chris Gebhardt to recap a busy week of launches around the world.
A few miles drive from NASA Kennedy Space Center, the world’s premier space port, a young company is quietly attempting to revolutionize rocketry.
A fateful visit to Kennedy Space Center would eventually inspire Max Haot to pursue space exploration.
This week: Our Chief of Content Robin Seemangal is joined by Supercluster contributor and launch expert Chris Gebhardt to discuss the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 launch.
In the past 18 months UFO theories have passed from tin-hat support groups to the hallowed pages of the New York Times and Washington Post. Why?
Stars, planets, and the thought of exploring them has taken a leading role in everything from film and apparel to internet and celebrity culture. But why, and why now?
There is a growing trend toward space-based memorial services. Startups are competing to send the remains of our loved ones to the edge of space, the moon, or endless earth orbit.
This week: NASA gets a huge leadership shakeup while Arianespace suffered a loss of its Vega rocket and payload during a launch from French Guiana.
We thought dolphins on acid could help us talk to aliens.
We travel to the town of Pinebush, NY, UFO capital of the world, to search for signs of life.
Inside the global network of astronomers searching the skies for classified government satellites.
Carl Sagan dreamt of navigating the cosmos on sails pushed by gusts of sunlight, streaming out from our star.
On a special edition of The Supercluster Podcast, our Chief of Content Robin Seemangal travels down to Cape Canaveral, Florida to prepare for the SpaceX Falcon Heavy STP-2 launch.
Light the desert on fire! Put a giant mirror on the Eiffel Tower! Blow up the Moon!
Robin Seemangal is joined by seasoned aerospace photographers Tom Cross and Pauline Acalin, who were on the road last week visiting SpaceX’s mysterious facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
Nothing brings a small town together like an alien invasion.
They were selected from hundreds, trained for a mission of national importance.
PHD candidate Macey Sandford is crafting an instrument for the Mars 2020 rover to help unlock the Red Planet’s greatest mystery: did life once exist here?
Vice Reporter Samantha Cole discusses her new feature for Supercluster on the business of sending your dead loved ones to space.
Astronauts are real-life superheroes. Their daring feats in space defy all expectations.
SpaceX launches 60 of its experimental broadband satellites to orbit from Cape Canaveral.
Tom Van Sant, a sculptor from California, set out to create one of humanity’s single largest pieces of art: a giant human eye, visible only from space.
SpaceX's plan to bring the internet everywhere.
Humanity has a complex relationship with extraterrestrials. Sometimes they come shooting, sometimes they come probing.
Every week Supercluster keeps you up to date on what just happened in space.
On April 11th 2019, for the first time in history, three separate boosters returned to Earth for reuse.
Abigail Flom and Casey Honniball are among the next generation of young women prepared to take the plunge.
What caused the SpaceX Crew Dragon to explode?