
Tech Giants Eye Orbit for AI Data Centers
As AI's energy demands strain Earth's resources, tech giants like Google are exploring a radical solution: placing data centers in orbit to harness constant solar power.
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As AI's energy demands strain Earth's resources, tech giants like Google are exploring a radical solution: placing data centers in orbit to harness constant solar power.

Overview Space has successfully tested a laser-based system for beaming solar power from the sky, a crucial step toward providing continuous clean energy from space.

A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are on their way back to Earth after undocking from the International Space Station, concluding an eight-month mission.

Venture-backed startup Mantis Space will establish its headquarters in Albuquerque, planning to create over 200 jobs and a projected $480 million economic impact.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured light from a 13-billion-year-old supernova, making it the most distant and oldest stellar explosion ever seen.

NASA's ESCAPADE mission, a low-cost, high-risk project, has launched toward Mars to test a new model for planetary science reliant on commercial partnerships.

Astronomers have detected a black hole generating winds at 130 million mph, about 20% the speed of light, revealing a surprising link to solar physics.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled and entering its final testing phase before a launch scheduled by May 2027. The observatory will map the universe to study dark energy a

New images from NASA's Hubble and ESA's Juice spacecraft show interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS glowing with activity ahead of its close approach to Earth on Dec. 19.

Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch a Japanese technology-demonstration satellite tonight, marking its first direct mission for Japan's space agency, JAXA.

With over 10,000 tons of debris orbiting Earth, researchers propose a new plan to prevent a catastrophic cascade of collisions by adopting sustainable practices.

A new method allows scientists to detect hazardous, untrackable space debris by listening for the radio signals created during high-speed orbital collisions.

Chinese astronauts have finished an 8-hour spacewalk to assess a spacecraft damaged by space debris, while also upgrading the Tiangong station's shielding.

Russia's crewed spaceflight program is indefinitely suspended after a critical ground equipment failure at the Baikonur Cosmodrome disabled its only ISS-capable launch pad.

A critical security flaw in NASA's spacecraft communication software went undetected by humans for three years but was found and fixed by an AI in just four days.

A new solar forecasting method, the "terminator" model, is gaining credibility after more accurately predicting the current solar cycle than official forecasts.

A growing rivalry between OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk is expanding from AI to aerospace, with Altman exploring a deal with a SpaceX competitor.

For 25 years, the International Space Station has been a crucial testbed for technologies in robotics, life support, and manufacturing that will enable future missions to the Moon and Mars.

SpaceX continued its rapid deployment of the Starlink network, launching 28 satellites from California aboard a Falcon 9 rocket whose booster completed its 12th flight.

Aerospace engineer Michi Benthaus is set to become the first wheelchair user to travel to the edge of space on an upcoming Blue Origin New Shepard flight.