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IN SPACE - AUGUST 11: In this handout photo provided by NASA, the Canadarm2 (center) and solar array panel wings on the International Space Station are extended during the mission's first planned ...

The 21st century is featuring a second space age that is increasingly private.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy are spearheading one of the most ambitious private astronomy initiatives in history. The couple is funding four next-generation telescopes through ...

Consequently, some Big Tech players are looking to locate their data centers in space. They think that low earth orbit could mitigate the problem of pesky, annoyed neighbors and offer perpetual ...

StarCloud’s Nvidia H100 chip launch, Google’s TPU plans for 2027, and Elon’s ambitious 100 GW target by 2030 via SpaceX’s Starship. Challenges include chip shortages, high launch costs (needing under ...

As the AI surge progresses, the most significant hurdle is unlikely to be the availability of chips or components. Instead, it will be electricity, cooling, and physical space. On our planet, data ...

Google's parent company Alphabet has already put the robots on your streets with Waymo, but that clearly wasn't ambitious enough. Google has now announced Project Suncatcher, a self-described ...

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti receives funding from NASA and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He teaches space systems engineering and mission design and management at the University ...

NASA is sending Google smartphones to the International Space Station where they will serve as the brains and eyes of flying, bowling-ball sized robots. These robots, called SPHERE (Synchronized ...

They required massive budgets, long timelines, and international cooperation. Projects like Hubble took years to plan and launch, and most private organizations could only dream of competing. That is ...

In the mid-1900s, NASA's Space Race was everywhere. Many companies were part of it, even this vintage space snack that became ...