We mark the 25th anniversary of that December day in 1999 when a pop icon came face to face with a tumbling, 28-kilo glitter ...

Indeed, the video he plays, recorded on his phone, shows something that resembles a silver cube spinning like a disco ball.

Akin to a giant "disco ball", the object should be visible to the naked eye as it sweeps across a twilight sky. It was lofted by American start-up Rocket Lab, whose Electron boosters operate from ...