During Apollo 13, a near-exact replica helped engineers solve a life-threatening issue. Today, NASA still uses spacecraft duplicates to troubleshoot problems. Iran responds to Trump's threat of ...

The space ambitions of nation states and billionaires alike demand better sources of power, and a new startup founded by two Stanford PhDs may have the answer. Arinna, founded by CEO Koosha Nazif and ...

Even as technology companies are projected to spend more than $5 trillion globally on earth-based data centers by the end of the decade, Elon Musk is arguing the future of AI computing power lies in ...

Astronomers say they have finally figured out the mysterious “little red dots,” first spotted in 2022 in images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The objects puzzled researchers because their ...

I read Benjamin Rachlin’s piece on space medicine with a mixture of curiosity and incredulity (“Future astronauts may say, ‘Boston, we have a problem,’ ” Ideas, Jan. 4). Is it really the best use of ...

A confined space, a limited number of suspects, a lack of contact with the outside world. These are the makings of a juicy murder mystery. They’re also eerily similar to conditions aboard the ...

An artist's concept shows the twin TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) in orbit. Their mission will help scientists learn about the connection between the ...

To get started, all you need is a standard A4 sheet of paper and the folding skills of a 4-year-old. Reading time 3 minutes Building a spacecraft could one day be as simple as folding a piece of paper ...

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"In 2024, we saw a 17% year-over-year spike in the average number of close approaches in low Earth orbit per satellite." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The growth of the commercial space industry — and the waste it produces — may paradoxically hinder the viability of space as a new frontier for sustainability. In the last two decades, more than 130 ...