President Donald Trump, flanked by astronauts, members of Congress and Vice President Mike Pence, signs an executive order June 30, 2017, re-establishing the National Space Council. Credit: ...

Expanding human influence in outer space will require an ethical compass that is more expansive than the one conventionally used. “Mars is a failed Earth.” It is common enough to hear such ...

Jake Korell’s debut novel 'The Second World' envisions a newly independent Mars shaped by real space-policy debates, near-future technology, and the very human absurdities we’ll bring with us when we ...

Wayne N White Jr consults with One Space Technologies Inc. He is a member and former Director of The National Space Society and an Associate Fellow of AIAA. Private citizens and companies may one day ...

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Sci-fi movies can bend the rules however they please, but they're often more compelling when they stick to the facts and present more accurate depictions of outer space. Many of the best space ...

The “queer agender” University of New Hampshire physicist who argued “white empiricism” creates “barriers” for black women entering STEM fields recently claimed that non-binary folks grasp an aspect ...

Moss in Outer Space In 2022, Space.com reported, a package containing spreading earthmoss spores hitched a ride with the ...