Satellite killers: What a war in space might look like

The satellites that orbit Earth have remained largely untouched in modern conflict. But in the 21st Century, space may no ...
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MIT scientist reveals a new method to detect nuclear weapons in space

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: ...
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Scientist proposes way to detect nuclear weapons hidden in satellites

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‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies

Elon Musk is trying to own it, competing powers are trying to fight in it and nobody seems to be regulating it. So who does space really belong to?
Scientific American

Detecting hidden nuclear weapons in space may be possible using cosmic rays

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 ...
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In the '60s, the US military detonated a nuke in outer space. They didn't expect what happened next.

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

Research Effort Points To Method Of Detecting Orbiting Nuclear Weapons

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), ...

In 1967, US satellites hunting secret nuclear tests detected a flash from deep space; the accidental signal became the first observed gamma-ray burst

Gamma-ray bursts are among the most powerful explosions observed in the universe. First accidentally detected by Vela ...
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How a small radioactive battery paves the way for transparent nuclear use in space

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 ...
Aviation Week

Opinion: Golden Dome Revives Nuclear Anti-Satellite Weapons Concerns

Technicians joined the Telstar satellite to the third stage of the Delta Rocket in July 1962. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images In August 1962, British instrumental band the Tornados released a song ...
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America’s military has the edge in space. China and Russia are in a counterspace race to disrupt it

As Russian forces rolled over the Ukraine border in the first moments of their invasion, another, less visible onslaught was already underway – a cyberattack that crippled internet linked to a ...