The Race to Rule the High-Flying Business of Satellite Imagery
Satellite companies have mountains of data. Some of them analyze in-house, while others sell their data. Who will dominate the…
Astronomers Don’t Point This Telescope—The Telescope Points Them
The era of big data astronomy will find stuff astronomers never even knew to look for. The post Astronomers Don’t…
Upending the Space Biz With Satellites for You and You and You
Most of the time, if you want to send a serious satellite to space, you commission a one-off instrument. But…
Astronomers Deploy AI to Unravel the Mysteries of the Universe
Neural nets that build their own cat pics can also reveal previously unseeable details in telescope images. The post Astronomers…
Inside the Extreme Machine That Mimics Bombs and Black Holes
Machines like Z are the only way—short of exploding a weapon or sojourning inside the sun—to measure how matter behaves…
88 New Satellites Will Watch Earth, All the Time, All the Places
With the acquisition of Google’s satellite company and 88 new satellites, Planet is poised to become the world’s most powerful…
Earth’s Best Defense Against Killer Asteroids Needs Cash
The Arecibo Radio Telescope faces extinction—just like humans, if we can’t see the space rocks about to hit us. The…
Cutting International Science Funding Will Only Hurt America
If Trump tries to improve Americans’ lot by cutting international research funding, he’ll accomplish just the opposite. The post Cutting…
The Birth—and Possible Death—of the SAGE III Atmospheric Satellite
This is exactly the type of space missions that could be in jeopardy as the Trump administration continues active hostility…
Asteroid Mining Sounds Hard, Right? You Don’t Know the Half of It
Until asteroid mining companies can actually mine asteroids, they’re staying solvent by playing in Earth’s orbit. The post Asteroid Mining…