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

NASA visualization showing a cross-section of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio) Wrapped around our world like a giant invisible ...

Unlike conventional surveillance systems, the proposed satellite would rely on neutron detection rather than cameras or radar, offering a potential way to enforce the Outer Space Treaty, which prohibi ...

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?

Weapon detection A nuclear detonation in space would destroy most of the satellites in low Earth orbit. (Courtesy: iStock/yucelyilmaz) For decades, the Outer Space Treaty (OST) has prevented any ...

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

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

President Donald Trump could gain new tactical nuclear weapons options under a classified Pentagon strategy led by Elbridge ...

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 ...

During the 1960s, the United States prepared to fend off nuclear missile attacks from the Soviet Union—unaware that the gravest threat was not looming across the globe, but outside of Earth’s ...

Instead of depending mainly on long-range nuclear missiles, the new approach would place greater focus on shorter-range ...