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

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

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: ...

Gamma-ray bursts are among the most powerful explosions observed in the universe. First accidentally detected by Vela ...

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 ...

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), ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Pentagon is drafting a new nuclear weapons strategy to prepare for a potential conflict with China or Russia, marking a ...

There's, you know, a review or sort of relook at the employment guidance, which is more about the commander of STRATCOM and ...

Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is now a museum exhibit.