space

The first low-Earth broadband satellite in the part of the spectrum that will be the next frontier of satellite communications, the high-frequency Q/V band, is set for launch by a Chinese company. The Global Times reported Thursday that Chinese commercial aerospace company Galaxy Space plans to...

Morgan Stanley hosted its second annual Space Summit on Tuesday in New York. Here are six key takeaways from the gathering of private and public space companies, regulators and investors, and discussion of the role of space in several private sector business opportunities as well as national...

Front Range Biosciences announced their partnership with SpaceCells USA and BioServe Space Technologies at the University of Colorado to send hemp and coffee tissue culture to space. The mission will transport plant cultures to space via SpaceX to examine zero gravity's effects on the plants...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos' private spaceflight company Blue Origin is scheduled to launch experiments into space on its reusable New Shepard spacecraft on Wednesday after a weather delay that scrubbed a Tuesday liftoff. What To Know About The Mission The New Shepard will carry...

Morgan Stanley started coverage of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE: SPCE) on Monday with a bullish stance, saying the company's space tourism efforts are an oven for cooking up the development of hypersonic travel. Virgin Galactic shares were blasting off Monday morning, gaining more than 10...

In space, no one can hear you scream about not having enough room to store your robots. But it’s still a problem. Until now. NASA and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s private space exploration company SpaceX on Wednesday will launch the 19th of the company’s commercial...

A Chinese-led group of scientists has discovered a stellar black hole with a mass 70 times that of the sun, much denser than previously thought possible. The researchers announced their discovery of the black hole, named LB-1 and a little under 15,000 light-years from Earth, in the journal Nature...

The term “frontier markets” typically refers to international diversification—that is, investing outside United States borders—and specifically nations that are developing economically and newly open to investment. But what if we were to widen that definition out a bit, from...

Richard Branson's space tourism company Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) will boast gross margins that look "as good as one of the best" software companies, investor Chamath Palihapitiya told CNBC. What Happened Speaking next to Branson after Virgin Galactic's stock...

Rocket ships, brain chips, music streaming, autonomous driving, solar power, underground roads with elevators — it might be easier to list all the stuff that doesn’t capture Elon Musk’s active imagination. Best known as a car mogul, the founder and CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)...

Maintaining the NASA Space Program is an expensive endeavor, and a significant portion of that expense can be attributed to the development of the various specialized scientific instruments and tools that are used to conduct space missions. 3D printing may offer NASA engineers a less expensive...