Explore 25 puzzling mysteries from outer space that will leave you baffled. From dark matter to the Big Bang's origins, ...

Private citizens and companies may one day begin to permanently settle outer space and celestial bodies. But if we don’t enact governing laws in the meantime, space settlers may face legal chaos. Many ...

Tardigrades have survived conditions that would obliterate virtually every other animal on Earth, and the secret lies in a ...

The Outer Space Treaty, which was signed in 1967, is the basis of international space law. Its regulations set out what ...

While AI models are excellent at parsing massive amounts of data, they struggle to pivot when faced with unprecedented events — the kind that frequently occur in the vacuum of outer space. Space ...

The aerospace industry is high-stakes. To help chart a course for Perseverance, NASA has enlisted AI and a digital twin.

The first article of the Outer Space Treaty (1967) guarantees for all states the right of free access to outer space. This principle of states’ free access to outer space is also recognized as a rule ...

As I write this, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is making its long journey to an asteroid named 16 Psyche. When it arrives, it may confirm the presence of minerals which, when multiplied by the current ...

A decade ago humanity launched around 200 objects into space per year. Now we launch more than 2,600, with no prospects for slowing down. This rapid expansion of human activity in outer space has ...

Tom Mueller built the rocket engines that gave Elon Musk outer space. Now, the world’s greatest propulsion engineer is racing to create a cosmic courier service. Tom Mueller is driving his candy green ...