James Webb Telescope uncovers salt clouds on a strange pink planet 57 light-years away
James Webb reveals why one of the galaxy's strangest planets looks pink
Elon Musk reveals SpaceX's 230-foot-wide orbital AI data center satellite ahead of IPO
The first-generation AI1 craft is wider than a Boeing 747 and built around a 120 kW sustained compute payload
Amazon just got a reprieve: it only has 331 Leo satellites instead of the 1,616 it needed by July
Amazon's satellite internet project was months away from losing its FCC authorization
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is launching August 30, eight months ahead of schedule
Its 300.8-megapixel camera covers 100 times more sky than Hubble in a single shot
Starlink hits 12 million subscribers, plans 100x bandwidth boost with V3 satellites
Starlink accounts for 60% of SpaceX's revenue
SpaceX IPO could be the largest in history at a $1.76 trillion valuation
With shares fixed at $135, Wall Street thinks that's roughly twice what the company is worth
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball during testing in Florida
No injuries were reported, but the explosion could delay Blue Origin's plans for Amazon satellite launches and NASA missions
SpaceX's Starship V3 survives its first full test flight
The redesigned rocket reached space, deployed test payloads, and completed a controlled ocean descent
SpaceX files for record-breaking IPO with rockets, AI, and Mars ambitions at the center
Starlink growth is funding massive AI and Starship spending, for now
Bottom line: SpaceX has filed for an IPO that could become the largest in history, giving investors a detailed look at a business that spans rockets, satellite networks, and AI infrastructure. The filing portrays a company growing quickly but spending heavily.
NASA's next Mars helicopters tested beyond the speed of sound
Flying in the thin atmosphere of Mars is "just about the hardest thing you can do"
Trivia: What was the population of the Death Star?
In a galaxy far, far away, the Death Star wasn't just a weapon... it was a monumental achievement of (fictional) engineering and human resource management.
FAA grounds Blue Origin's New Glenn after launch fails to deliver payload
The FAA has halted flights pending a mishap investigation
Blue Origin prepares to reuse New Glenn booster in bid to challenge SpaceX
The launch combines a reuse test with AST SpaceMobile's high-capacity BlueBird satellite
Amazon purchases Globalstar for $11.6B to expand its low Earth orbit satellite network
Amazon is investing heavily in its satellite network
The software that landed Apollo 11 on the moon is now free online
The original code reveals how engineers worked within extreme hardware limits
NASA just dropped new high-quality Moon photos from Artemis II
Astronauts observed six meteoroid impacts on the Moon's far side during a solar eclipse
NASA's Artemis laser system will send 4K video from the Moon at 260 Mbps
NASA replaces legacy radio transmissions with high-speed optical links
Humanity returns to the Moon, but Outlook still doesn't work
Even historic space missions have to deal with Windows problems
Facepalm: Even the first humans to leave Earth's orbit in more than 50 years aren't immune to the quirks of Windows software. Shortly after NASA launched the Artemis II spacecraft for its first crewed lunar mission since the 1970s, astronauts on board ran into a problem familiar to just about any office worker: they couldn't get Microsoft Outlook to start.
This chip keeps working at 700°C, surviving lava-like heat
A USC team demonstrates a memristor device that keeps working far beyond current thermal limits
NASA launches Artemis II, its first crewed mission toward the Moon in decades
Historic lunar flyby will test Orion and Space Launch System in deep space
SpaceX quietly files for massive IPO that could value the company at over $1.75 trillion
Elon Musk's space, satellite, and AI business is testing whether public markets will back it as a megacap tech platform
US government hires BlackSky to build next-gen AI surveillance satellites for Earth and beyond
The "world's most advanced space-based intelligence system" is going to become even better now
Scientists find all five genetic building blocks for life in asteroid Ryugu
Did life originate in space before seeding primordial Earth?
Starlink Mobile is rolling out V2 satellites that promise 100x data density from orbit
SpaceX second-gen network pushes closer to delivering "5G from space"
Rocket reentries are leaving measurable lithium pollution in the upper atmosphere
Lidar data links Falcon 9 debris to measurable metal pollution at high altitude