What was once the domain of national space agencies and scientific research, satellite data, orbital imagery, and Earth intelligence is now becoming foundational to enterprise IT strategy. Some ...

The slingshot, called TARS, could in theory accelerate a small spacecraft up to 620 miles per second. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Sometimes, what goes up doesn’t come back down — instead, it becomes a problem. Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to lost ...

In this episode of Space Minds, host Sandra Erwin sits down with former NASA astronaut and Space Force leader Brig. Gen. Nick Hague for a wide-ranging conversation on how the U.S. Space Force is ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Standing in the middle of a field, we can easily forget that we live on a round planet. We’re so small in comparison to the Earth that ...

Space is crucial for national strength, global influence, and future industrial development. During the Cold War, space primarily symbolized technological skill and ideological status. Today, it ...

In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Juan Alonso — CTO and Co-founder of Luminary Cloud and professor at Stanford University — about the rapid transformation underway in ...

A vital question is whether the moon's water ice be used without some level of appropriation When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

To protect its strategic interests in Taiwan in the event of a conflict with China, the United States should consider investing more time, energy, and resources towards an often-overlooked arena of ...

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One person's trash is another person's treasure, unless, of course, you're talking about space debris, since it's too tough to acquire without a shuttle or a spaceship. That's a shame because space ...