npm is bursting with useful libraries. But many of them assume they’re running in Node.js, and throw errors elsewhere. Based on his experience developing Neon’s serverless driver, George shows how you can run NPM packages in other places — such as Vercel Edge Functions, or even w...
There is a growing push among developers of large science missions to make use of new heavy-lift launch vehicles that offer increased mass and volume at potentially lower costs. Jeff Foust reports on the benefits of that approach as well as its challenges.
The FCC last month issued its first-ever fine to a company for failing to properly dispose of a satellite after the end of its life. Leighton Brown and Paul Stimers discuss the FCC's action and the agency's legal basis for regulating orbital debris.