Space
24th April 2026
Elon Musk has unveiled AI1, SpaceX’s first orbital data-centre satellite — a 70-metre-wingspan craft carrying a Nvidia-class compute payload that SpaceX wants to mass-produce and fly off Earth’s power grid, days ahead of its IPO.
20th April 2026
Scientists in South Africa and China have built the world’s longest intercontinental quantum satellite link, 12,900km via the Jinan-1 microsatellite. Using quantum key distribution, it secured image transfers with physics-guaranteed encryption – the first such link in the Southern Hemisphere.
12th July 2021
WHY THIS MATTERS IN SPACE New space planes are helping reduce the cost of accessing space and opening the door…
27th March 2018
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In 2050 there will be 10 billion people on the planet who need energy, and…