During the Cold War, the U.S. military wanted to demonstrate their power, but sending a nuclear weapon into space had major ...

The Outer Space Treaty, which was signed in 1967, is the basis of international space law. Its regulations set out what ...

Tardigrades have survived conditions that would obliterate virtually every other animal on Earth, and the secret lies in a ...

Private citizens and companies may one day begin to permanently settle outer space and celestial bodies. But if we don’t enact governing laws in the meantime, space settlers may face legal chaos. Many ...

World leaders should look to existing international law on the use of force to address the threat of space becoming ever more militarized, a new study shows. World leaders should look to existing ...

As the UK wraps up its year as the chair of the Inter-Agency Space Debris Co-ordination Committee, KATE ARKLESS GRAY asks how close are we to making space inaccessible?

Astrophysicist Paul Sutter talks about the science behind "Three Body Problem," "Interstellar," and "Avengers: Infinity War." ...

The first article of the Outer Space Treaty (1967) guarantees for all states the right of free access to outer space. This principle of states’ free access to outer space is also recognized as a rule ...

As artificial intelligence demands unprecedented computational power, computing is expanding beyond Earth into orbit-based data centers and laser-driven communication networks. In this new frontier, ...

Tom Mueller built the rocket engines that gave Elon Musk outer space. Now, the world’s greatest propulsion engineer is racing to create a cosmic courier service. Tom Mueller is driving his candy green ...