Space Hardware Starcloud wants to mine Bitcoin in space, if it can figure out how to cool the hardware The Nvidia-backed startup is betting on abundant solar power and dedicated ASIC miners to make it work By Rob Thubron, September 22, 2026, 10:38 AM 8 comments
Gaming Space Airbus is using a Steam Deck to drive a Mars rover prototype The Valve handheld gives engineers a way to develop autonomous navigation for Mars By Skye Jacobs, September 22, 2026, 6:58 AM
Space Security The US just admitted, for the first time, that it has weapons deployed in space Statement aimed at China and Russia, which the US has accused of developing space weapons By Daniel Sims, September 16, 2026, 7:37 AM 15 comments
Space Science Space debris is multiplying, so satellite makers are building better ways to survive a hit New sensors and shields aim to protect spacecraft from debris By Skye Jacobs, September 10, 2026, 11:02 AM 14 comments
Space Science Japan is launching a mission to bring back the first samples from a Martian moon MMX will land on Phobos autonomously due to 20-minute communication delays By Skye Jacobs, September 7, 2026, 8:33 AM 11 comments
Space The Web Russia's Starlink rival is struggling as satellites fail to reach their planned orbits Russia's answer to Starlink is off to a rough start with satellites falling out of orbit By Skye Jacobs, September 3, 2026, 6:15 AM 12 comments
Space Tech Culture This tiny space mission wants to reach Alpha Centauri, in about 80,000 years The crowdfunded mission aims to launch in just three years for under $15 million By Shawn Knight, September 1, 2026, 1:02 PM 16 comments
Science Space NASA launched a space telescope on Sunday that will give astronomers a much wider view of the universe Its enormous wide-field surveys will uncover planets, galaxies and cosmic structures By Skye Jacobs, August 30, 2026, 9:50 AM
Space SpaceX will build a $100 billion Starbase in Louisiana, a 195-square-mile spaceport designed for thousands of annual launches The self-sustaining complex will feature 10 launch pads, fuel production, power generation, and an airport By Rob Thubron, August 26, 2026, 7:47 AM 30 comments
Space NASA's Gateway could become the Moon's first airport – here's how traffic will work Spacecraft could queue in a string-of-pearls formation while waiting to dock By Rob Thubron, August 26, 2026, 6:15 AM 16 comments
Science Space NASA study finds Earth fungi could survive up to 7 days near lunar south pole The findings could force NASA to rethink spacecraft cleaning ahead of Artemis landings By Skye Jacobs, August 20, 2026, 12:08 PM
Space Science Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of object called a black hole star It could contain a black hole 100,000 times the mass of the Sun, wrapped in an enormous shell of gas By Skye Jacobs, August 17, 2026, 9:47 AM 14 comments
Science Space NASA-tested vest could cut astronauts' radiation exposure by 60% during major solar storms The 57-pound vest could provide substantial protection during dangerous bursts of solar radiation By Skye Jacobs, August 14, 2026, 9:42 AM
Space Science The FCC approved "space mirrors" that experts say could blind stargazers and disrupt wildlife A startup wants 50,000 mirrors in orbit, but risks are being ignored By Alfonso Maruccia, August 11, 2026, 2:03 PM 24 comments
Science Space Sharpest-ever images of the sun reveal tiny plasma whirlpools scientists have chased for decades The Inouye Solar Telescope captured miniature magnetic vortices on the solar surface By Skye Jacobs, August 6, 2026, 6:58 AM
Space AI Greece is using thermal satellites to spot wildfires before people do The system can detect heat signatures through smoke and spot a fire the size of a parking space By Skye Jacobs, August 5, 2026, 3:42 PM
Space A SpaceX rocket stage just crashed into the Moon after drifting through space for 18 months The collision happened at 5,400 mph, approximately seven times the speed of sound By Kishalaya Kundu, August 5, 2026, 10:04 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture Space Lego's latest Hubble set lets you look inside one of history's greatest space telescopes The 1,252-piece model recreates Hubble's internal instruments, mirrors, and guidance systems By Skye Jacobs, August 4, 2026, 1:05 PM
Space Science NASA puts Crew-13's launch-pad escape in the hands of the 11-times-recalled Cybertruck The controversial electric pickup is replacing armored "bunkers on wheels" for the September mission By Rob Thubron, August 4, 2026, 5:19 AM 47 comments
Hardware Space Intel's Starfire SoC combines 18A CPU, Intel 3 GPU, and NPU for space-grade computing Starfire is built to operate between -55°C and 125°C while resisting radiation-induced data corruption By Skye Jacobs, July 14, 2026, 12:44 PM
Space Science FCC approves giant mirror satellite designed to beam sunlight to Earth after dark Astronomers warn the massive reflector could become one of the brightest objects in orbit By Rob Thubron, July 10, 2026, 7:48 AM 26 comments
Space Science A new satellite wants to prove nuclear power can work in space without solar panels The cubesat is testing whether tritium decay can power spacecraft in permanently dark regions of space By Skye Jacobs, July 8, 2026, 1:35 PM 14 comments
Space Science SpaceX intentionally burned up 260 Starlink satellites in the last six months, with hundreds more set to follow As Starlink grows toward 42,000 satellites, its constant deorbiting is raising unanswered questions By Skye Jacobs, July 6, 2026, 10:04 AM 45 comments
Industry Space Amazon's satellite internet service is finally ready for real users – sort of Amazon Leo begins commercial rollout with 396 satellites, targeting Starlink's early 2020 beta performance By Skye Jacobs, July 4, 2026, 7:49 AM
Space 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 By Skye Jacobs, June 24, 2026, 8:36 AM 8 comments