Texas' AI data center rush could erase decades of clean air gains
How developers power the AI buildout, with gas turbines or renewables, will decide whether Texas breathes easier or loses its clean air progress.

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How developers power the AI buildout, with gas turbines or renewables, will decide whether Texas breathes easier or loses its clean air progress.
Russia's Kosmos 2612 shadowed ICEYE-X36, a commercial satellite that feeds Ukraine's military - a sign that low Earth orbit is now a contested battlefield.
A new University of Mississippi and Cornell review finds precision weed tools can replace chemicals and labor, yet adoption comes with serious financial and operational hurdles.
The next Starship test flight targets a first for orbital launch: catching both the Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage with the launch tower's chopstick arms.
Musk says the launch tower will try to grab the returning booster, aiming to make history by recovering an entire orbital launch vehicle for the first time.
A Russian military spacecraft closed from hundreds of kilometers to extreme proximity with a commercial satellite, signaling a new orbital threat to private assets.
Experts tied the fragment to LandSpace's Zhuque-2E, which launched on September 15 and shed debris over the American Midwest after deploying 10 satellites.
The Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft targets Phobos with a 10-gram sample return that could settle whether Mars' moons are captured asteroids or impact debris.
Skyroot Aerospace’s first fully commercial satellite launcher reaches a 280-mile orbit, proving India’s private space era can work.
A new Earth-like discovery sharpens the roadmap for future telescopes, funding, and standards for what “habitable” really means.
Trading starts June 12 at $135, but analysts are split over a $72-per-share “option premium” on orbital AI dreams.