The expense of space-based solar power would include manufacturing costs, maintenance costs, and launch costs, Ceriotti said. “We expect [the] cost to fall in future,” Vijendran said.

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In the frozen outskirts of the solar system, a reddish dwarf planet orbits in silence. Known as Sedna, it is so distant that ...

Hyderabad-headquartered spacetech startup Dhruva Space has entered a strategic partnership with Pixxel to supply space-grade ...

Fission-powered propulsion offers high energy density and sustained power output, enabling faster transit, larger payloads, and reliable operation in deep space where solar power is insufficient.

As more satellites are launched into orbit, space agencies are looking at how to predict space weather events that could harm ...

As the co-founder of Robinhood, Baiju Bhatt helped redefine how millions of people interact with trading and investing. Now he’s setting his sights even higher — literally — with Aetherflux, a new ...

The China National Space Administration officially organized and launched the demonstration of the implementation plan for a solar system boundary exploration project in 2020, and plans to study ...