Solar Orbiter

A new study reported by 404 Media argues the solar system is fundamentally unstable and will eventually be completely destroyed. The finding has drawn widespread attention on Hacker News, where readers are debating the long-term dynamics of planetary orbits, the timescales involved, and how settled the science on orbital chaos really is.

Discussion is growing around orbital data centers, the idea of placing computing infrastructure in space rather than on Earth. Proponents argue satellites could offer abundant solar power and natural cooling for large-scale compute, amid rising demand from AI workloads and pressure on terrestrial data center capacity and energy grids. The concept is drawing attention across space policy and technology circles, though questions remain about launch costs, reliability, latency and regulation before such orbital facilities could become practical at scale.