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NASA astronaut Anil Menon and European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot are conducting a critical spacewalk outside the International Space Station today, August 25, to replace a failed space-to-ground antenna.

The controversial reclassification of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet, which occurred exactly 20 years ago on August 24, 2006, is now being reappraised as a positive development for solar system science.

Treasury Department has significantly expanded its financial sanctions regime against Iran, now explicitly targeting the country's cryptocurrency sector as part of a broader economic crackdown.

Elon Musk has announced that the first artificial intelligence satellites equipped with NVIDIA chips are set to launch in the fourth quarter of 2024, marking an acceleration in his plan for space data centers.

Data centers are now the primary driver of the massive electricity demand straining U.S. power grids, but the AI data center boom is also catalyzing a potential solution.