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Blue Origin Halts New Shepard Space Tourism for at Least Two Years
Blue Origin has announced a temporary halt to flights of its New Shepard spacecraft, pausing its suborbital space tourism business for at least two years. The company says the decision will free resources to accelerate development of its Blue Moon lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis programme, including robotic tests and a planned crewed Moon landing...
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Data Centres In Space: SpaceX Buys Musk's AI Firm xAI In $1.25 Trillion Deal
Elon Musk's SpaceX has taken over AI startup xAI in a $1.25 trillion deal, as Musk pushes plans to build space-based data centres to power the future of artificial intelligence.
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OpenAI Claims Scientists Are Increasingly Using ChatGPT as a Research Collaborator
OpenAI’s report shows scientists are using AI systems like ChatGPT to assist with research tasks from literature review to experimental planning. The company argues these tools can increase productivity in science and engineering and advocates broader access to advanced AI for researchers. Experts note AI can help but still requires human oversig...
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SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9 in Early-Morning Florida Liftoff
SpaceX has launched its first Starlink mission of 2026, sending 29 satellites into low Earth orbit aboard a new Falcon 9 rocket. The booster completed a successful landing at sea, while the mission further expanded the company’s global broadband network, which now serves remote regions with limited internet access.
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Mumbai Company's Job Ad Bars Candidates Living In PGs Or Rented Flats, Triggers Backlash
The company's job application form, which has gone viral, states that candidates staying in rented or PG accommodations are "not eligible" for the role.
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Space Rocket Crashes in 2025: Why This Year Saw an Unusually High Number of Orbital Launch Failures
A wave of launch failures marked the global space race in 2025, with rockets from the US, China, Japan, India, South Korea and Europe suffering fiery mishaps. From Starship test explosions to failed orbital insertions and crashed lunar landers, setbacks underscored the risks of rapid innovation.
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Celestis to Send Human Ashes Beyond the Moon on Deep-Space Memorial Flight in 2026
Celestis, a Texas-based pioneer of space memorial services, is preparing its next deep-space mission, Infinite Flight, scheduled for late 2026. Launched aboard Stoke Space’s fully reusable Nova rocket from Cape Canaveral, the mission will carry cremated remains and DNA samples beyond the Moon into a permanent solar orbit. Part of Celestis’s Voy...
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Russia Patents Rotating Space Station Concept to Generate Artificial Gravity in Orbit
Russia’s Energia rocket company has patented a rotating space station concept designed to generate artificial gravity for astronauts. The system would use spinning habitable modules to simulate half of Earth’s gravity, potentially reducing health risks linked to long missions as the International Space Station nears retirement.
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South Korean Startup Innospace Fails on First Orbital Launch Attempt of Hanbit-Nano Rocket
South Korean startup Innospace failed during its first orbital launch attempt as the Hanbit-Nano rocket crashed about a minute after liftoff from Brazil. The mission marked the country’s first private orbital launch effort and carried satellites from Brazil and India. The cause of the failure remains unclear, and the company is expected to invest...
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How Much Water Does AI Use? Consumption Now Exceeds World’s Bottled Water, Suggests New Study
Anthropic has released an open-source tool called Bloom to test how AI models behave under normal and stressful conditions. Bloom automates behavioural testing by generating scenarios, running them at scale, and scoring responses for traits like bias or sycophancy. Anthropic says it simplifies a process that was previously manual and time-consuming...
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Blue Origin Halts New Shepard Space Tourism for at Least Two Years
Blue Origin has announced a temporary halt to flights of its New Shepard spacecraft, pausing its suborbital space tourism business for at least two years. The company says the decision will free resources to accelerate development of its Blue Moon lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis programme, including robotic tests and a planned crewed Moon landing...
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Data Centres In Space: SpaceX Buys Musk's AI Firm xAI In $1.25 Trillion Deal
Elon Musk's SpaceX has taken over AI startup xAI in a $1.25 trillion deal, as Musk pushes plans to build space-based data centres to power the future of artificial intelligence.
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OpenAI Claims Scientists Are Increasingly Using ChatGPT as a Research Collaborator
OpenAI’s report shows scientists are using AI systems like ChatGPT to assist with research tasks from literature review to experimental planning. The company argues these tools can increase productivity in science and engineering and advocates broader access to advanced AI for researchers. Experts note AI can help but still requires human oversig...
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SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9 in Early-Morning Florida Liftoff
SpaceX has launched its first Starlink mission of 2026, sending 29 satellites into low Earth orbit aboard a new Falcon 9 rocket. The booster completed a successful landing at sea, while the mission further expanded the company’s global broadband network, which now serves remote regions with limited internet access.
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Mumbai Company's Job Ad Bars Candidates Living In PGs Or Rented Flats, Triggers Backlash
The company's job application form, which has gone viral, states that candidates staying in rented or PG accommodations are "not eligible" for the role.
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Space Rocket Crashes in 2025: Why This Year Saw an Unusually High Number of Orbital Launch Failures
A wave of launch failures marked the global space race in 2025, with rockets from the US, China, Japan, India, South Korea and Europe suffering fiery mishaps. From Starship test explosions to failed orbital insertions and crashed lunar landers, setbacks underscored the risks of rapid innovation.
-
Celestis to Send Human Ashes Beyond the Moon on Deep-Space Memorial Flight in 2026
Celestis, a Texas-based pioneer of space memorial services, is preparing its next deep-space mission, Infinite Flight, scheduled for late 2026. Launched aboard Stoke Space’s fully reusable Nova rocket from Cape Canaveral, the mission will carry cremated remains and DNA samples beyond the Moon into a permanent solar orbit. Part of Celestis’s Voy...
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Russia Patents Rotating Space Station Concept to Generate Artificial Gravity in Orbit
Russia’s Energia rocket company has patented a rotating space station concept designed to generate artificial gravity for astronauts. The system would use spinning habitable modules to simulate half of Earth’s gravity, potentially reducing health risks linked to long missions as the International Space Station nears retirement.
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South Korean Startup Innospace Fails on First Orbital Launch Attempt of Hanbit-Nano Rocket
South Korean startup Innospace failed during its first orbital launch attempt as the Hanbit-Nano rocket crashed about a minute after liftoff from Brazil. The mission marked the country’s first private orbital launch effort and carried satellites from Brazil and India. The cause of the failure remains unclear, and the company is expected to invest...
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How Much Water Does AI Use? Consumption Now Exceeds World’s Bottled Water, Suggests New Study
Anthropic has released an open-source tool called Bloom to test how AI models behave under normal and stressful conditions. Bloom automates behavioural testing by generating scenarios, running them at scale, and scoring responses for traits like bias or sycophancy. Anthropic says it simplifies a process that was previously manual and time-consuming...
