The company is seeking F.C.C. approval to test an idea to reflect sunlight to Earth at night, possibly powering solar panels. Critics say it could be bad for people and wildlife. By Kenneth Chang and ...

In 2025, China set a national record for orbital launches in a single year with over 90 launches. Chinese investment in its commercial space sector, including from private and government sources, ...

As space companies itch to push the most advanced chips into orbit, the problem of cooling those high-powered processors is top of mind. “It’s cold in space … [but] there’s no airflow, and so the only ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed the idea of data centers in space being a viable option in the next few years as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pursues their deployment. "I honestly think the idea with the ...

The Texas Space Commission announced a $14.2 million grant for Rice University on Tuesday to create a new center for space technologies, marking the final recipient of the $150 million the commission ...

Axiom Space has raised $350 million in new financing to advance development of its commercial space station and lunar spacesuits, the human space exploration company said Thursday. How Will Axiom ...

A British company is developing a space-based “factory” to produce materials for quantum computers, AI data centers and defense infrastructure. Space Forge, located in Cardiff, Wales, has reached a ...

Michelle Hanlon is executive director of the Center for Air and Space Law and assistant professor at the University of Mississippi School of Law. Imagine a network of orbiting satellites equipped with ...

This cutaway view shows the interior of the Starlab space station’s laboratory. (Starlab Illustration) How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing ...

An artist’s conception shows Starfish Space’s Otter spacecraft in geosynchronous Earth orbit. (Starfish Space Illustration) Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has been awarded a $54.5 million ...

Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor said data centers in space will become a reality, but cooling issues still need to be resolved. Tesla CEO Elon Musk highlighted space-based data centers as a ...

On April 24, 1990, humanity launched a scientific revolution. I mean “launched” literally: on that date the space shuttle Discovery roared into the sky with the Hubble Space Telescope nestled in its ...