Orbital space race heats up in Arctic north

Europe lags far behind the US and China in orbital space launches, but new facilities are opening up.

Orbital AI data centers could work, but they might ruin Earth in the process

If executed at the scale, Musk's orbital data center plan could have devastating effects on the environment and the ...
Interesting Engineering

US firm to build space computers for orbital data centers with new funding

Sophia Space just secured $10 million to turn satellites into supercomputers, moving AI from Earth-bound server farms ...

Twisting Atoms Unlock a Powerful New Way To Control Electrons

Phonons are the collective vibrations that move through a solid. They can be thought of as waves traveling across the atomic ...
COGconnected

Orbital Is Launching This November, Trailer Hits 100K Views

Classy Games is launching Orbital in July 2026, following strong early momentum, with its gameplay trailer surpassing 100,000 ...
DatacenterDynamics

Orbital computing startup Sophia Space raises $10m

Orbital compute startup Sophia Space has raised $10 million. The round was led by Alpha Funds, KDDI Green Partners Fund, and ...
Opinion

Too many satellites? Earth’s orbit is on track for a catastrophe – but we can stop it

On January 30 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a megaconstellation of up to one million satellites to power data centres in space. The proposal ...

Examining The Space Economy And Why The Next Frontier Is Already Here

The space economy today is best understood not as a single industry but as a layered system, one that begins in Earth’s orbit, extends to the moon and beyond and increasingly delivers intelligence ...