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: ...

Nuclear Weapons in Space Explained by a Nuclear Engineer. Explore the science, risks, and challenges surrounding nuclear ...

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 ...

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, ...

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), ...

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 ...

The United States, Russia, and China may not yet be in an arms race, but they are gearing up for one. Washington is building a new intercontinental ballistic missile, strategic bomber, and ballistic ...

An MIT scientist has proposed a method to find out if a satellite orbiting the Earth contains a nuclear weapon, making it the only publicly known way to detect weapons of mass destruction on ...

A satellite carrying a nuclear weapon would not just menace rival spacecraft. It could scramble parts of modern life on Earth. That is the threat behind a new proposal from MIT professor Areg ...