An artist’s rendition shows the NOAA-18 satellite in orbit. (NOAA Illustration) What do you do with an aging weather satellite? If you’re the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, you turn to Microsoft Azure and a Seattle-area startup called Xplore to

Artwork shows the Gaia spacecraft against the background of the Milky Way. (ESA Illustration / D. Ducros) Could far-off aliens be sending out signals telling us they exist? If so, how would we know where to look? Researchers focusing on

From top left, clockwise: Clearbrief CEO Jacqueline Schafer; Icertis Samir Bodas; Mason CEO Nancy Xiao; Syndio CEO Maria Colacurcio; and Defined.ai CEO Daniela Braga. An economic recession could be on the horizon, and tech startups are feeling the impact. Many

The Havium team from left: Co-founder and CEO Jamie Nacht, co-founder Cristin Nacht, and technical co-founder Arash Motamedi. Charlie, a flat-coated retriever, is sitting in the front. (Havium Photo) A husband-and-wife duo and tech veteran are jumping into the crowded

Stratolaunch’s Roc airplane flies over California’s Mojave Desert. (Stratolaunch via Twitter) Stratolaunch says its mammoth carrier airplane rose to its highest altitude yet during its seventh flight test over California’s Mojave Desert. The aerospace venture, which was established by Microsoft

Stratolaunch’s twin-fuselage Roc airplane gets ready for its sixth flight test. (Stratolaunch Photo) Stratolaunch says the sixth flight test of its super-sized Roc carrier airplane ended earlier than planned when the team ran into an unexpected issue. “While completing Roc

Visitors to “The Infinite” walk around an exhibit space at the Tacoma Armory that contains a full-scale VR version of the International Space Station. In the foreground, Lesley Kilp and Kyle Byram are sitting down to watch a VR spacewalk.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship lifts off from its Texas launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Blue Origin sent the first Mexican-born woman and the first crypto-crowdfunded crew member into space today, marking the fifth crewed suborbital flight for Jeff

The crew for Blue Origin’s NS-21 suborbital mission gathers at Launch Site One. From left: Evan Dick, Victor Vescovo, Jaison Robinson, Victor Correa Hespanha, Hamish Harding and Katya Echazarreta. (Blue Origin Photo) The suborbital tours provided by Jeff Bezos’ Blue

This visualization shows orbits for scores of newly identified asteroids. (Asteroid Institute / B612 Foundation) Astronomers have used a cloud-based technique pioneered at the University of Washington to identify and track asteroids in bunches of a hundred or more. Their