Alan Boyle

Starfish Space has raised $29 million to support the development of its first three Otter orbital servicing vehicles.

A law professor argues that it's only a matter of time before AI agents achieve a form of personhood — and some researchers agree.

The National Reconnaissance Office has selected Starfish Space and two other companies to evaluate new technologies for space operations.

Archon Biosciences emerges from stealth mode with $20 million in financing for a technology that uses protein structures to treat diseases.

Researchers have found new ways to use cloud computing to accelerate computational chemistry, including quantum and AI-based applications.

One of the big issues at a forum focusing on the Seattle area's space industry had to do with a down-to-earth topic: housing affordability.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture has donated a New Shepard rocket booster, plus a New Shepard capsule, to the Smithsonian.

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won a share of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for deciphering protein structures.

Two former employees of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company are striking out on their own with a venture studio called Actuate Ventures.

Starfish Space is bringing in more investment after striking deals to use its Otter spacecraft for inspecting and servicing satellites.

Tech pioneer Charles Simonyi talks about the Simonyi Survey Telescope — and his own trips to space — in the GeekWire Podcast.

The tale of OceanGate's Titan sub took on added twists at the conclusion of hearings into the causes of the loss of the sub and its crew.

The U.S. Coast Guard's hearing into last year's loss of OceanGate's Titan sub and its crew focused on regulations governing submersibles.

Investigators found flaws in the hull that was made for OceanGate's Titan sub — plus changes in how the hull responded during dives.

An artist's conception shows Starfish Space's Otter spacecraft in orbit. (Starfish Space Illustration) Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has won a

Radian Aerospace has finished the first round of ground testing for a prototype aircraft that's meant to blaze the trail for a rocket plane.

OceanGate whistleblower David Lochridge says he feels let down after his warnings about the Titan submersible went unheeded.

A new market analysis projects that Amazon will spend $16.5 billion to $20 billion to get its Project Kuiper satellite effort off the ground.

NASA has delayed the launch of its ESCAPADE probes to Mars — and plans for the debut of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket will change as well.

Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule successfully made an autonomous trip back to Earth, leaving its crew on the International Space Station.