Before plunging into Saturn’s atmosphere in 2017, the Cassini spacecraft made a series of daring close passes between the planet and its rings. During those final orbits, its instruments collected ...

How can Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, influence its much larger parent planet? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics hopes to address as a team of ...

"Understanding how different materials behave as they burn up could help engineers design satellites that fully disintegrate, leaving nothing behind in orbit or in the atmosphere." When you purchase ...

Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX has acquired artificial intelligence startup xAI in a deal that will value the company at $1.25 trillion, CNBC has confirmed. The transaction comes ahead of a potential ...

Two of Elon Musk's companies are merging to build data centers in space, according to a post on the SpaceX website. The rocket and satellite company has acquired xAI, Musk's artificial intelligence ...

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SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, creating the world’s most valuable private company, the spaceflight company announced Monday. Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX, ...

The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth. The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private ...

SpaceX plans to leverage its experience with the Starlink constellation for its proposed orbital data center constellation of up to one million satellites. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX is ...

Transcelestial has developed space-to-ground optical communications terminals for spacecraft, such as this one for the 6GStarLab spacecraft. Credit: Transcelestial WASHINGTON — Transcelestial, a ...

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 ...