China planning $1.5bn theme park that will take visitors to space in weather balloons

A large Chinese entrepreneurial investor is keen to get the jump on Virgin Galactic and launch trips to the edge of space using weather balloons from China. KuangChi Science has announced plans to invest ¥10m (yuan - $1.5m, £1.12m) into developing a futuristic theme park in Hangzhou province called Future Valley, which comes with a series of rides aiming to let people experience what it would feel like to be an astronaut in space. Sep 7, 2016

Freddie Mercury has asteroid named after him to celebrate 70th birthday

Queen guitarist Brian May recorded a message to fans on the birthday of his old band mate, Freddie Mercury, who would have turned 70 on September 4. The International Astronomical Union and #39;s Minor Planet decided to honour Mercury with his own asteroid named FreddieMercury 17473. Sep 5, 2016