Elon Musk is merging his rocket company SpaceX with his artificial intelligence startup xAI. The merger is part of Musk's long-term plan to build orbital data centers in space. Musk argues that ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has filed plans with U.S. regulators to launch up to one million satellites into low-Earth orbit. Together, these satellites will act as an orbital data center to power artificial ...

Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX (SPACE) has sought U.S. approval for a constellation of a million satellites that could function as orbital data centers without the environmental impact ...

In a new study, an international group of researchers has found that chiral phonons can create orbital current without needing magnetic elements—in part because chiral phonons have their own magnetic ...

A circular economy is one in which products do not end up as waste but are instead repaired, reused, or transformed into new materials. This stands in contrast to the linear economy currently dominant ...

Earth-orbiting satellites could begin colliding with one another in less than three days in a worst-case-scenario scenario — potentially triggering a runaway cascade that may render low Earth orbit ...

Join ACRL from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Central on Thursday, January 22 for the Online Learning webcast “Making Great Video Tutorials: Best Practices and Practical Planning.” This webinar offers a practical, ...

"Anything you can do in a terrestrial data center, I’m expecting to be able to be done in space." As critics have pointed out, the logistical obstacles are comically immense, from concerns over ...

The world is gearing up for the generative AI boom, for better and worse. Scientists are warning that AI will create a massive, unsustainable energy demand. The data centers used to train and run ...

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