The Space Review: Musk’s Moon mania
In a presentation to xAI employees, Elon Musk described establishing a “Moonbase Alpha” that would build AI data…
Very Few Planets Have the Right Chemistry for Life
Many factors influence a planet’s habitability. The more obvious ones include being in a star’s habitable zone and…
Home Reef Adds On – NASA Science
Home Reef, a mid-ocean volcano in the Tonga archipelago, continues to build onto its modest land area. Volcanic…
SpaceX Alumni Raise $50 Million for Data Center Optical Tech
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Mesh Optical Technologies, a startup working on hardware used to move data at high speeds…
Russian Scientists Build Plasma Engine That Could Reach Mars in 30 Days, Making Starship Look Outdated
The coming decades of space exploration hinge on a single, stubborn number: the 225 million kilometres between Earth…
Leonardo funding development of Earth observation constellation
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Leonardo is funding development of an Earth observation constellation designed to highlight its capabilities…
a twin of the Milky Way ten times more massive and out of control
A “monster” Milky Way twin is whipping up a cosmic storm 11 billion years ago Imagine the Milky…
The PRSC-EO2 Milestone: How Pakistan’s Latest Satellite Completes a High-Res ‘Sensor Triad’
On 12 February, Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmospheric Research Commission’s (SUPARCO) second earth-observation satellite – i.e., the Pakistan…
Seattle’s lessons for rocket reusability
New Glenn on its second launch last November. Blue Origin is again considering ways to reuse the rocket’s…
Why don’t more Tatooine-like exoplanets exist in our Milky Way galaxy? Astronomers might have an answer
It’s one of the most instantly recognizable scenes in cinematic history: Luke Skywalker gazes at a double sunset…
The Initial Defense Satellite Communications System
The US military’s first operational communications satellite system was designed to be relatively simple and fast, after…
Scientists close in on finding Luna 9 60 years after it landed on moon | News Tech
Lunar 9 was the first spacecraft to land safely on the surface of the moon. This was one…