Tech giants are racing to build orbital data centers, betting that space-based computing can solve AI's growing energy and cooling constraints. For chipmakers, space represents a new growth market beyond Earth's crowded terrestrial facilities.
Commercial space companies pulled in roughly $3.3 billion across 49 deals in China in the third quarter of 2026, part of a record $20.8 billion global quarter. A new valuation debate asks whether the numbers on their books can actually be trusted.
Elon Musk says he will hand one SpaceX share to every American child next year. At the latest quoted price that is about $146 each — a small gift with a big marketing purpose behind it.
On World Food Day, a Chinese grain expert weighs corn against potatoes as the ultimate survival crop, drawing on farming history and the science of feeding eight billion people.
Tesla unveiled its second-generation Roadster in Texas, demonstrating a car that can briefly hover, drive upside down, and adjust its position mid-air using cold-gas thrusters. The stunt blends rocket technology with electric vehicles.
An international team using South Africa's MeerKAT telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope traced a millisecond radio flash to a galaxy that formed about three billion years after the Big Bang, more than doubling the previous distance record.
Analysts at Barclays say clients keep asking whether Tesla and SpaceX could combine, reviving speculation about a Musk mega-merger. No deal has been confirmed, but the chatter is shaping how investors view both companies.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence that HD 3167b, a scorching rocky planet, keeps a thin atmosphere despite its star's radiation. The discovery challenges assumptions about how worlds close to their suns evolve.
A cluster of playful science essays on Chinese question-and-answer site Zhihu is drawing big readership: why humans never became cold-blooded, why rhinos were never farmed, and whether whales knew the Earth was round first.
Elon Musk said a SpaceX valuation above $10 quadrillion is now conceivable, a probability he once called impossible. The remark, made as the company's unlisted shares trade privately, has reignited debate about the outer limits of private startup pricing.
Scientists in Hainan have built the first three-dimensional cell atlas of a rice plant's entire life, from sprouting seed to ripe grain. The open map could help breeders design hardier, higher-yielding varieties faster.
Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin could go public within a few years after its first multi-billion-dollar outside funding round. The Amazon founder now claims a much clearer view of the rocket company's finances.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics honors Francis Halzen for turning a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice into IceCube, a detector that caught high-energy neutrinos from deep space.
Venus has almost no magnetic field and sits closer to the Sun than Earth, yet its atmosphere is far denser. Scientists say the answer lies in mass, gravity and a slow, steady escape — not a magnetic shield.
Elon Musk has agreed to rename his AI arm SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, echoing a wider push to call advanced AI 'super intelligence.' The shift follows a new US executive order and the launch of a federal super intelligence task force.
Google has launched a prototype satellite carrying a Tensor Processing Unit chip to see whether AI hardware can survive and work in space. The company says the satellite is communicating normally, part of long-term research into orbital machine-learning infrastructure.
A joint Chinese-European spacecraft called SMILE has passed its in-orbit tests and begun full science operations, releasing its first images of how the solar wind collides with Earth's magnetic field. Several results are described as world firsts.
Taiwan's chipmaking giant is in talks with Elon Musk's Terafab wafer project, with Musk confirming discussions are underway. The move could reshape where advanced chips for Tesla and SpaceX get built.
Three private Chinese space companies saw their Shanghai STAR Market listings shift to 'suspended' status on the same day, a technical accounting lapse rather than a rejection. The cluster reflects how routine financial-refresh deadlines can stall a hot sector's dash for capital.
SpaceX's 14th Starship test flight put the upper stage into Earth orbit for the first time, deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites. The booster splashed down as planned, though one engine failed and the ship's landing was cut short.
A Chinese scientist leading the Tianwen-3 Mars mission says a new full-Mars geological map, due by late 2028, will propose a Chinese scheme for dividing Martian geological eras. Findings from the Zhurong rover will feed into it.
A Chinese science blogger traces the century-long hunt for Earth's highest life, from stratospheric balloons to modern DNA tools. The search reshaped how scientists define the biosphere's upper limit.
China has started building its first dedicated commercial satellite for space breeding, ending the practice of hitching rides for seeds. The lab aims to speed up crop development by exposing seeds to cosmic radiation and microgravity.
China successfully deployed another batch of low-earth orbit satellites, continuing its ambitious space-based internet project with the launch of 26 satellite groups.
Permanently crewed by rotating teams of three taikonauts, the Tiangong station hosts hundreds of experiments — and is opening its modules to payloads from around the world.
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