Space in low-Earth orbit has become the hub of global communications, with thousands of satellites circling our planet and enabling the day-to-day functioning of society in the 21st century. But what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIT research outlines a way to detect possible nuclear weapons aboard suspicious satellites in low-Earth orbit. (CREDIT: ...

For almost 60 years, the world’s most powerful militaries have agreed not to put nuclear weapons into orbit around Earth. But the Outer Space Treaty (OST), ratified in 1967 by the U.S. and Soviet ...

The satellites that orbit Earth have remained largely untouched in modern conflict. But in the 21st Century, space may no ...

The stalled US–Iran negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program and President Donald Trump’s announcement of a US-Saudi nuclear agreement have put nuclear weapons back in the spotlight. But the threat of ...

HOUSTON—An MIT-led simulation and modeling effort offers a potential space-based method for detecting nuclear weapons in Earth orbit. Such weapons are a violation of the Outer Space Treaty (OST), ...

Politics and space are two realms that, typically, orbit separate spheres. But GOP Rep. Mike Turner, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, has just sent a signal flare across both territories, ...

Earlier this month, a small satellite built by City Labs was launched to low Earth orbit aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-17 rideshare mission. The successful launch marked a milestone for commercial ...

Learn how an MIT physicist’s proposed detector could help verify whether satellites are secretly carrying nuclear material in space. If an inspector wants to verify a nuclear treaty on Earth, they can ...

This series, Space in Focus, explores key space trends, challenges, and policy issues that will confront the next administration as well as offers recommendations for how to navigate them. Regardless ...