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Space Perspective unveils mothership boat for stratospheric balloon trips
By Meredith Garofalo published
The first-ever "marine spaceport" is now complete and begins preparing for launches of balloons transporting tourists to the edge of space.
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How satellite technology made it into 2024 Olympic swimsuits
By Samantha Mathewson published
The swimsuits worn at the 2024 Summer Olympics leverage a similar technology used to protect satellites in space.
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Google-inspired AI model improves Cape Canaveral space launch weather forecasts by 50%
By Tereza Pultarova published
An AI-powered weather model inspired by language-processing systems invented by Google is helping launch companies avoid disruptions to their busy schedules on Florida's Space Coast.
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The Extremely Large Telescope: Facts about the world's largest telescope
By Keith Cooper last updated
Reference Here's everything you need to know about the Extremely Large Telescope, which will become the largest telescope in the world when it is completed at the end of the decade.
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Florida startup Star Catcher snags $12 million to help develop 1st off-Earth energy grid
By Mike Wall published
Star Catcher Industries just snagged $12.25 million to develop its planned constellation of power-beaming satellites, which will service other orbiting spacecraft.
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The key to detecting deepfakes may lie within deep space
By Jackson Ryan published
Using methods typically applied to the study of galaxies, researchers have been able to reliably spot the difference between real faces and deepfakes.
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SpaceX makes Starlink Roam available throughout the US
By Meredith Garofalo published
Described as "high-speed internet on the go," SpaceX's Starlink Mini is now available from coast to coast, bringing users a world-wide connection from space.
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New quantum computer smashes 'quantum supremacy' record by a factor of 100 — and it consumes 30,000 times less power
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
The 56-qubit H2-1 computer has broken the previous record in the 'quantum supremacy' benchmark first set by Google in 2019.
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