SpaceX racing to orbital data centers. Ways to play emerging technology
The next leg of the artificial intelligence boom may not be built entirely on Earth. SpaceX has paved…
NASA’s Pluto Probe Is Finally Approaching a Major Boundary of Deep Space
In late June, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft woke up from a nearly year-long slumber at a distance of…
Proxima Centauri b is our closest known habitable-zone exoplanet, just over four light-years away, and it may be warm enough for liquid water if it has kept an atmosphere. But that “if” is enormous: its red-dwarf star blasts it with extreme radiation strong enough, in some models, to strip an Earth-like atmosphere away.
Proxima Centauri b has a claim no other known exoplanet can match. It orbits the nearest star to…
Shoebox-sized ‘detector satellites’ could sniff out a nuclear bomb in space
A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by…
Venus takes center stage with 2 easy-to-see sky shows this July. Here’s when and where to look
Between July 7 and July 17, Venus will put on two evening-sky shows: first passing close to Regulus,…
The US Space Force just got a new electromagnetic weapon to jam adversary satellites
The U.S. Space Force has acquired one of its first publicly acknowledged offensive weapons, one that can blast…
‘This is the future of spatial intelligence’: Vantor unveils stunning 3D satellite views of Earth (photos)
The American Earth-observation company Vantor maps Earth from space in 3D. The images are available in near-real time,…
Blue Origin reportedly raising $10B at $130B valuation
Billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space rocket company Blue Origin is raising $10 billion at a $130 billion pre-money valuation…
The satellite industry’s most expensive problem isn’t in orbit
AST SpaceMobile recently deployed three more BlueBird satellites into low Earth orbit as it advances plans for a…
York Space Systems Completes Acquisition of ALL.SPACE, Delivering Assured Communications and Positioning in Contested Environments
DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–York Space Systems (York) (NYSE: YSS), a leading, US-based national defense and commercial prime providing a comprehensive…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope prepares for launch photo of the day for July 8, 2026
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the clean room at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on…
Venus Aerospace raises $91 million to advance its revolutionary rocket engine design
Houston-based company Venus Aerospace announced today (June 8) the closing of its “Series B” financing round, which raised…