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A European Starlink rival's shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here's why
Shares of French satellite operator Eutelsat gained over 550% in a three-day rally last week.
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A European Starlink rival's shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here's why
Shares of French satellite operator Eutelsat gained over 550% in a three-day rally last week.
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SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites from r...
Starlink burns multiple retired satellites daily from its over 10,000-strong constellation
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The Mars Delusion | NOEMA
Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?
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Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers undoubtedly slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year, scientists reported. Although the 5,400-mph (8,700-kph) collision had yet to be officially confirmed, space tracking experts said it was inevitable that the leftover rocket segment plowed into the moon. It’s the latest instance of lunar litter, a problem that many fear could worsen as the U.S. and China race to put astronauts on the moon. In 2022, a Chinese rocket unintentionally hit the moon following a lunar mission, and many more stray rocket pieces likely struck the moon in decades past without scientists’ knowledge. SpaceX’s Julianna Scheiman said this week that the company is working with NASA to avoid future wrecks, stressing that this projected crash was not deliberate. A combination of solar activity and gravity accidentally put it on a collision course with the moon, she said. Retired astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell noted that observations of the dead 4-ton upper stage on Tuesday night showed it heading straight for the moon. The anticipated crash site was a dusty, barren patch near Einstein Crater on the moon’s sunlit western...
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SpaceX-Raketenteil soll auf dem Mond aufgeschlagen sein
Einschläge von Weltraumschrott auf dem Mond sind eher selten. Nun soll jedoch ein vier Tonnen schweres Raketenteil von SpaceX auf dem Erdtrabanten abgestürzt sein. SpaceX zufolge war es unkontrollierb...
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There Are 11 Active FDA Foodborne Outbreak Investigations — Should You Be Concerned?
The Cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce has put food safety back in the spotlight. But it’s just one of 11 active foodborne illness investigations the FDA is tracking, including Salmonella, ...
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SpaceX Junk Hits the Moon. Not a Good Sign
On Wednesday, August 5th, at 06:35 UTC (11:35 p.m. PDT; 2:35 a.m. EDT), a 13.8-meter (45-ft) long, 4,000 kg (9,000 lbs) spent upper stage once belonging to a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket struck the Moon. The upper stage (designated object ) is a leftover piece of the rocket that launched Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 and ispace's HAKUTO-R M2 âResilience,â, two lunar landers that launched in January 2025. The spent stage struck the western "lunar limb," close to the Einstein Crater on the moon's dayside while traveling at roughly 8,700 km/h (5,400 mph). Before the impact, scientists estimated that the upper stage would create a crater measuring 20 to 27 meters (65 to 89 feet) in diameter and 4 meters (12 to 13 feet) in depth. While no images of the collision were captured, the plume created by the impact was observable to viewers with the right equipment. In addition, astronomers at the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile also provided spectroscopic data of the region, which noted the presence of lithium and sodium kicked up from the impact. This dust dissipated within minutes of the impact, and images of the impact crater were captured afterward by the Korean...
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¿Cómo quedó la Luna tras el impacto del Falcon 9 de SpaceX y qué dejó?
Una etapa del Falcon 9 dejó una nueva cicatriz en la Luna y las primeras imágenes muestran cómo cambió su paisaje lunar tras el gran impacto.
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Today in AI: Google's AI Empire, SpaceX's Surge, and Agentic Workflows
Sam: And I'm Sam. Today, we're tracking Google's expanding AI empire, SpaceX's surprising financial rebound, and how AI agents are getting more capable in the real world. Ada: Let's kick things off with Google, Sam. While we touched on some of their AI ventures yesterday, today's news really underscores the sheer scale of their investment. We're talking about massive AI spend across the board, and the latest valuation for Waymo, their autonomous driving subsidiary, is now pegged at an impressive one hundred twenty-six billion dollars. Sam: That's a staggering number, Ada. It really highlights how Google isn't just dabbling in AI- they're building an entire ecosystem around it. Waymo's valuation alone speaks volumes about the market's belief in the future of autonomous technology, and Google's ability to execute on it. It’s not just about the tech itself, but the long-term play in a critical, high-value sector. Ada: Exactly. And this isn't just about Waymo. It encompasses their entire cloud AI infrastructure, their research divisions, and the integration of AI across all their products. It's a clear signal that Google views AI not just as a product line, but as the foundational layer for their future growth. It's an empire in...
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SpaceX serious about building factories on the moon: 'It's going to happen,' Elon Musk says
As usual, SpaceX is dreaming big. The company plans to build factories on the moon, using robots to do much of the heavy lifting, Elon Musk said on Tuesday (Aug. 4) during SpaceX's first-ever quarterly earnings call. "We are going to land a lot of tonnage on the moon," he said. "We're going to build the factories on the moon. The robots will be helpful with that." This is not a newly revealed vision; Musk first laid it out in February, in a blog post that announced SpaceX's purchase of xAI, a company that the billionaire entrepreneur founded in 2023. But Musk doubled down on it this week, showing investors that off-Earth manufacturing is very much front-of-mind for SpaceX. The factories in question will build SpaceX's Starmind AI satellites, if all goes according to plan. The company aims to operate a million-strong Starmind constellation in Earth orbit in the coming years, and then go farther afield with the craft after that. Eventually, SpaceX wants to launch locally made Starmind satellites off the lunar surface using electromagnetic mass drivers — basically, extremely powerful rail guns. "Using robots on the moon to scale up manufacturing on the moon — which, I know...
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