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'Putting the servers in orbit is a stupid idea': Could data centers in space help avoid an AI energy crisis? Experts are torn.

Google’s proposal to explore space-based AI infrastructure raises fundamental questions about energy, physics and feasibility ...
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How realistic is the planetary orbit in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’? A physics professor explains

Note: The following article contains spoilers about the Netflix series 3 Body Problem. I first encountered the three-body problem 60 years ago, in a short story called “Placet is a Crazy Place” by ...
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How Can We Prove the Moon Orbits the Earth?

(via Minute Physics) How do we truly know if something is orbiting something else? You may be familiar with the barycenter test, but you may not have heard of the better "Trojan test"!
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Passing Stars Have Changed Earth’s Orbit – But We Don’t Know How

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...
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This Exoplanet’s Weird Orbit Defies the Rules of Physics

In our Solar System, the planetary orbits all have a similar orientation. Their orbital planes vary by a few degrees, but roughly the planets all orbit in the same direction. This invariable plane, as ...
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Greenhouse Gases Will Reduce The Number of Satellites That Can Orbit Safely

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...