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Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy
WIRED • • business
Key Points:
- Kepler Computing, a stealth startup, claims to have developed a new chip design approach and proprietary material that could alleviate memory supply shortages and reduce soaring prices.
- NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a satellite falling out of orbit, has been reactivated to conduct final observations before reentering Earth's atmosphere.
- After an eight-year journey, the BepiColombo probe is nearing Mercury to study its magnetic field and internal structure, aiming to uncover long-standing planetary mysteries.
- Japan is launching a mission to Phobos, a Martian moon, marking its first Mars probe in 28 years, with the goal of collecting the first-ever samples and gaining insights about Mars.
- Scientists have detected radio signals from an exoplanet for the first time, attributing the phenomenon to magnetic activity rather than extraterrestrial life.
