“It’ll go when the engines light at T-0.” The Sun rises on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the […]
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This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different
The first two launches of Orion felt hollow, but NASA is finally on a better course. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman […]
No one is happy with NASA’s new idea for private space stations
“It reminds me of sort of Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football.” NASA has proposed that a new core […]
Intel Core Ultra 270K and 250K Plus review: Conditionally great CPUs
remember when PC building was fun? Great performance for the price, if you ignore the price of RAM, SSDs, and […]
Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right?
Decoding Orbital Data Centers “This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing.” […]
A unique NASA satellite is falling out of orbit—this team is trying to rescue it
Katalyst Space Technologies must launch the Swift rescue mission by this summer. NASA’s Swift observatory is unwrapped after shipment to […]
Project Hail Mary is in theaters—but do the linguistics work?
Skip to content Ars speaks with a linguist about the ease with which Grace and Rocky communicate. Credit: Aurich Lawson […]
Users hate it, but age-check tech is coming. Here’s how it works.
On-device face scans and cross-platform age keys decrease privacy risks, but trust issues abound. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images […]
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: Private and performant
Skip to content If you want to spend $1,300 on a phone, it might as well be this one. The […]
A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites
“I realized that if something went wrong up there, things might go very badly down here.” Russian Soyuz-FG rocket with […]