Archive for the 'Space' Category
SpaceX Acquires xAI in $1.25 Trillion Merger
February 3rd, 2026Via: Reuters: Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX has acquired his artificial-intelligence startup xAI in a record-setting deal that unifies Musk’s AI and space ambitions by combining the rocket-and-satellite company with the maker of the Grok ?chatbot. The deal, first reported by Reuters last week, represents one of the most ambitious tie-ups in the […]
SpaceX: 1 Million Satellites For Orbital Data Center [???]
January 31st, 2026Via: PC Magazine: SpaceX is requesting to launch up to one million satellites to create a network of orbiting data centers around Earth. Late on Friday, the company filed the request with the Federal Communications Commission, describing the project as a “constellation of satellites with unprecedented computing capacity to power advanced artificial intelligence (‘AI’) models […]
China to Launch 200,000 Satellites for ‘Mega-Constellation’
January 20th, 2026Via: Daily Mail: China has applied to launch almost 200,000 satellites into space, sparking concerns that the nation seeks to build a ‘mega-constellation’. On December 29, a newly formed body called the Institute of Radio Spectrum Utilisation and Technological Innovation filed applications for two satellite constellations. Each of these enormous collections of spacecraft, dubbed CTC-1 […]
U.S. Space Force: Musk with Hegseth at Starbase, “We Might Meet Aliens, or Discover Long Dead Alien Civilizations”
January 12th, 2026More managed, limited hangout disclosure. NOW – Musk introduces Secretary of War Hegseth at Starbase, Texas, saying the goal of Space Force is "ultimately going beyond our star system to other star systems, where we may meet aliens, or discover long-dead alien civilizations." pic.twitter.com/88rsB8O8gZ — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 13, 2026 Full speech below. Via: Fox:
Starlink
December 12th, 2025Update: My Starlink Referrals Only Count Inside New Zealand Back in October, Starlink posted this on X: Starlink customers can now refer anyone in all 150 countries, territories, and markets where Starlink is available! Starlink customers can now refer anyone in all 150 countries, territories, and markets where Starlink is available! Share your referral link […]
Voyager 1 Is About One Light-Day from Earth
November 26th, 2025Via: Science Clock: After nearly 50 years in space, NASA’s Voyager 1 is about to hit a historic milestone. By November 15, 2026, it will be 16.1 billion miles (25.9 billion km) away, meaning a radio signal will take a full 24 hours—a full light-day—to reach it. For context, a light-year is the distance light […]
Moss Survives 9 Months in Space Vacuum
November 22nd, 2025Via: American Association for the Advancement of Science: Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the Antarctic tundra to the lava fields of active volcanoes. Inspired by moss’s resilience, researchers sent moss sporophytes—reproductive structures that encase spores—to the most extreme environment […]
Amazon’s Starlink Rival Is Called Leo
November 14th, 2025A few days ago, my (very rural) area in New Zealand became eligible for free hardware on Starlink. That’s extremely tempting… I’d get the Residential Lite service tier, which deprioritizes traffic in favor of users who pay for the full priced regular service. If you have Starlink’s Residential Lite service, what speeds do you get, […]
Data Centers in Orbit?
October 31st, 2025Via: Ars Technica: As artificial intelligence drives the need for vastly more computing storage and processing power, interest in space-based data centers has spiked. Although several startup companies, such as Starcloud, have begun to address this problem, the idea has also attracted the interest of tech barons. In May, it emerged that former Google chief […]
Possible UFOs Detected in Orbit Before Satellites
October 22nd, 2025Via: The Sol Foundation: Paper: Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-I) may be associated with nuclear testing and reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena
