Space
Latest about Space

FCC approves 7,500 additional Starlink Gen2 satellites for higher throughput and lower latency worldwide
By Luke James published
The FCC has partially approved a significant expansion of SpaceX’s next-generation Starlink constellation, authorizing 7,500 additional LEO satellites under a partial grant.

UK company shoots a 1000-degree furnace into space to study off-world chip manufacturing
By Jowi Morales published
One small step for chips, one giant leap for a lack of impurities.

After nearly fifty years, Voyager 1 spacecraft approaches one light-day milestone — 25.9 billion km distance from Earth ensures one day of latency for commands
By Jowi Morales published
Voyager 1 is about to achieve a distance of one light-day from Earth as it continues on its deep space mission.

Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch reusable "fabships" for orbital chip manufacturing experiments
By Zak Killian published
The new D.C.-based startup is hoping to use the vacuum of space as its clean room for chip fabrication.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will reportedly receive $2 billion for Trump’s Golden Dome project
By Jowi Morales published
SpaceX will reportedly deliver 600 satellites for Trump's Golden Dome missile shield project.

New satellite to create semiconductors in space reaches orbit
By Sunny Grimm published
CPUs with parts fabricated in space may be coming soon, assuming the ForgeStar-1 experiment succeeds

1.5TB of James Webb Space Telescope data dumped on the internet
By Mark Tyson published
NASA-backed astronomy project has just released the 'largest look ever into the deep universe.'

Elon Musk's SpaceX to build its own advanced chip packaging factory in Texas
By Jowi Morales published
Elon Musk reportedly plans to move some chip packaging capabilities in-house at SpaceX.

Axiom Space pitches idea to produce chipmaking materials in space, plans trials aboard ISS
By Anton Shilov published
Making silicon wafers in space could enable building ultra-pure silicon wafers, but at a prohibitively high cost.

International Space Station gets Kioxia SSD upgrade for edge computing and AI workloads -- HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 now packs 310TB
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh published
With the need to have an on-site computer equipped with local storage, Kioxia has sponsored over 310TB of total SSD space for Spaceborne Computers built by HP Enterprise (HPE).
Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.