NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...

Axiom Space and Spacebilt plan to install an optically interconnected orbital data center node on the International Space Station in 2027. Credit: Axiom Space As the space industry explores orbital ...

It is not easy to make collective sense of democracy in America at this moment. On the one hand, many of the institutions that have long anchored our system of ordered liberty remain in place, e.g., ...

Every developer and team I’ve ever met has wanted to deliver quality firmware to their customers. No one starts out saying, “I want to deliver a buggy, unusable product to my customer.” Yet, how often ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi was discussing the possibility of intelligent alien life with his colleagues. If alien ...

Source: ChatGPT modified by NostaLab. There’s a curious irony in the world of artificial intelligence that has really gotten me thinking. In fact, I've often discussed the nature of "thought" in the ...

This week an in-space propulsion company, Impulse Space, announced that it had raised a significant amount of money, $300 million. This follows a fundraising round just last year in which the Southern ...

One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.

Over the years, I’ve seen leaders wrestle with the hidden impact of complexity on their businesses. They suspect it’s there, slowing everything down and piling on costs, but figuring out where it’s ...