Frontier tech
Space and frontier technology
The engineering that shapes the sky above us and the decade ahead, reported in plain English and careful to separate demonstrated results from marketing.
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Computing
Latest quantum computing breakthroughs
For the first time, adding qubits made a chip more accurate. What is real, and what is hype.
SatellitesSatellite megaconstellations
How Starlink and its rivals are filling low orbit, and the cost to the night sky.
Frontier tech and orbit are the same story more often than they look. The satellites in our megaconstellations piece are the same ones our reentry watch follows on the way down, and the crowding they create feeds the space debris problem. We cover the connections, not just the press releases.