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John Sandusky is looking a way to use heliostats to lower the cost of hunting for asteroids. He has dun research using the solar tower and one heliostat at Sandia Labs’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility where he is pictured.

Researcher turns solar mirrors into nighttime asteroid trackers

Instead of sitting idle, heliostat fields used for solar power…

False-color imagery from AlphaEarth Foundations revealing diverse land patterns and structures.

Google unveils AlphaEarth AI for precise Earth observation and ecosystem tracking

Google’s new AlphaEarth AI model helps researchers monitor land use,…

A NASA sign with the word NASA painted on it.

NASA’s AI-powered CubeSat just made space history

A small satellite equipped with onboard artificial intelligence successfully conducted…

A Starlink Mini satellite internet dish is set up on a grassy field. In the background, there is a laptop displaying an image of a rocket launch with the text "GATEWAY TO MARS" at the bottom of the screen. The scene suggests the use of satellite internet in a remote outdoor location, highlighting the portability and accessibility of the Starlink Mini dish.

Starlink’s Indian odyssey nears its climax

After years of delays, Starlink’s satellite internet service is nearly…

A graphic featuring a rover on the surface of Mars, with the Red Planet's surface arcing over the bottom of the image. Above it, an astronaut's spacesuit helmet and shoulders fill the graphic, with a Martian bootprint reflected in its visor. In the middle of the graphic is the stylized "NASA+" logo.

Netflix and NASA launch streaming deal for space content

Starting this summer, Netflix subscribers can stream NASA Plus’ live…

High-contrast coronograph image of TWA 7b

James Webb Telescope captures first-ever direct image of exoplanet TWA 7b

TWA 7b, a lightweight gas planet orbiting a young star,…

SpaceX Starlink satellite constellation

Solar storms are forcing Starlink satellites to crash back to Earth sooner

The Sun’s increasing solar activity is causing unprecedented levels of…

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on April 28 at 7:01 p.m. EDT carrying the Kuiper 1 mission for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellite constellation.

Amazon’s Kuiper satellites hit orbit in Starlink showdown

With its $10 billion Kuiper constellation, Amazon takes on Starlink’s…

An logo of SpaceX's Starlink

Elon Musk’s Starlink lands in India with Jio and Airtel deals

Elon Musk’s Starlink lands in India via Jio and Airtel…

AT&T logo

AT&T and Verizon test video calls from space with AST’s BlueBird sats

Satellite-to-smartphone video calls are real, thanks to AT&T and Verizon.…

A promotional image showing solar panels or satellite panels in space illuminated in purple light, with the T-Mobile and Starlink logos overlaid in white text. A satellite is visible in the background against the dark space environment.

T-Mobile’s Starlink-powered satellite messaging service is now free to try—even for Verizon and AT&T users

No signal? No problem! T-Mobile’s new Starlink satellite messaging service…

Astrobee, a robot that looks like a small black cube with two blue tentacle-like arms on top. Behind it, NASA astronaut Suni Williams stretches her arms out to match Astrobee's arms.

Trump asks Elon Musk to rescue NASA astronauts stranded on the ISS

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore rely on SpaceX…