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Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year of interstellar observation, an international team of researchers was able to serendipitously view an exploding supernova in a faraway spiral galaxy. Credit: NASA STSCI
Posted inOpinion

We’ve lost our ability to be awed by space

by Rick Liebling July 11, 2025July 8, 2025

There was a time when looking up at the night sky stirred a visceral sense of wonder. The moon landing, the Shuttle launches, the Voyager missions — these were moments […]

Ariane 6 liftoff
Posted inOpinion

A reflection on the European space industry in 2024

by Pierre Lionnet July 10, 2025July 8, 2025
A photo of Europe taken January 19, 2024, from aboard the International Space Station by a member of the Expedition 70 crew. Credit: NASA
Posted inOpinion

Defense startups across Europe need a blueprint to compete

by Jean-Francois Morizur July 9, 2025July 8, 2025
Shijian-21 lifting off atop a Long March 3B on Oct. 24, 2021. The Shijian-21 spacecraft later successfully docked with a defunct Chinese satellite to alter its orbit.
Posted inFrom the Magazine

China is practicing orbital warfare to win in space

by Brendan S. Mulvaney July 8, 2025July 8, 2025
ISS
Posted inOpinion

This is not the time to cut space-enabled medical research

by Nicole Wagner July 2, 2025June 25, 2025
Starship ship
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Space is hard. There is no excuse for pretending it’s easy.

by Robert N. Eberhart June 30, 2025June 25, 2025
Blue Ghost 1 shadow
Posted inOpinion

All eyes on the moon: sharing information for lunar peace, safety and sustainability

by Antonino Salmeri and Samuel Jardine June 27, 2025July 11, 2025
Image of an airplane flying toward the sun through a hazy sky.
Posted inOpinion

Deep tech is driving the next frontier in in-flight connectivity

by Stewart Marsh June 26, 2025June 25, 2025
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman testified April 30, 2024, at a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee. Credit: U.S. Air Force
Posted inOpinion

A strategy for peaceful Golden Dome development

by Brian G. Chow June 24, 2025July 7, 2025
This image of the star cluster NGC 602, located on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, combines data captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with an image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam (Near-InfraRed Camera). Credit: NASA
Posted inOpinion

Threatening the endless frontier of U.S. science

by Daniel N. Baker June 24, 2025June 19, 2025

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