orbiting

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The company also plans to send orbiting data centers powered by the sun that would perform AI calculations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Solar winds can now also pose a danger to satellites orbiting the Earth, as well as astronauts sheltering inside space stations.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Researchers think the object may be a single massive star or possibly two stars orbiting each other.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

Ariel Ekblaw, CEO of the Aurelia Institute, spoke about how self-assembling structures could make orbiting research habitats a reality, unlocking scientific and medical breakthroughs that only the weightless environment of space can deliver.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The rings of Saturn bear some resemblance to the asteroid belt: trillions of tiny icy moonlets orbiting the planet.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan