SpaceX officially unveiled AI1 this week, its first-generation satellite built to host AI workloads in space. Elon Musk presented the project during a technical update on the company’s progress in manufacturing, launching, and operating satellites for large-scale computing. The company says AI1 can reach up to 150 kW of peak computing power and 120 kW […]
Four astronauts evacuated from the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth after a “serious” medical issue cut their mission short by a month. The crew’s captain, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, was the first to leave the spacecraft, smiling and wobbling slightly before lying on a gurney as part of standard procedures. NASA’s Zena
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Scientists widely agree that Mars once had flowing water and a thicker atmosphere, conditions that would have made the planet habitable. But between about 4.2 and 3.7 billion years ago, its rivers, lakes, and global ocean vanished as the solar wind gradually eroded the atmosphere. Exactly how long Mars stayed habitable remains an open question.
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China’s Chang’e-6 mission — the first to bring back samples from the Moon’s far side — made an intriguing discovery last year. After examining the lunar samples returned in June, scientists found fragments of CI chondrite — a rare, water-rich meteorite seldom surviving Earth’s atmosphere, ScienceAlert reports. This marks the first detection of CI chondrite
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By nature, scientists can’t predict what they’ll uncover while studying the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS — only the third ever detected from beyond our solar system. Yet, the surprises keep piling up. First spotted racing toward the Sun in early July, 3I/ATLAS has captivated researchers. Science Alert reports that four major observatories — Hubble, SPHEREx, TESS,
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Hubble Network is set to significantly enhance its satellite-based Bluetooth system. The Seattle startup, aiming to bring Apple’s Find My to enterprises, has built a phased-array receiver for a “true Bluetooth layer around the Earth,” says CEO Alex Haro. Next-Gen Satellites to Boost Global Coverage and Device Efficiency by 2027 This technology will launch aboard
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In its push to rival SpaceX in orbit, Amazon is getting a boost from an unexpected partner—SpaceX, which will launch the next batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on Wednesday. Amazon’s Next Kuiper Launch Set for Early Morning Liftoff on SpaceX Rocket Before dawn, 24 Kuiper internet satellites will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9
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A fast radio burst observed last year has been linked to an unexpectedly peculiar origin. While scientists usually detect such signals from deep space and classify them as natural rather than artificial, the burst recorded on June 13, 2024, stood out—it came from a human-made source. Specifically, it came from a long-defunct NASA satellite that
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The Resilience lander, developed by Japanese company ispace, has spent six months en route to the Moon and is targeting a landing in its far northern region. This marks ispace’s second attempt to reach the lunar surface. The touchdown is scheduled for June 5 at 3:24 p.m. ET, near the center of the Mare Frigoris
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The Federal Aviation Administration has approved SpaceX to conduct the ninth test flight of its Starship rocket, following two explosions earlier this year. On Thursday, the FAA announced it would expand hazard zones—temporary no-fly areas—both in the U.S. and abroad, based on updated safety data from SpaceX. Failures in Flights 7 and 8 increased the
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