For almost 60 years, a global ban on nuclear weapons in space has held up. But the growing number of satellites and ...

There’s never been a good method to check for violations of the Outer Space Treaty’s prohibition of nuclear weapons in space.

In 2024, a U.S. government official warned that Russia could be developing a new satellite designed to carry nuclear weapons ...

In response to growing concerns over space-based nuclear weapons, MIT has published a feasibility ...

The Outer Space Treaty bans nuclear weapons in orbit—but we currently have no way to verify that satellites aren't carrying ...

The Van Allen radiation belts are swarms of high-energy charged particles trapped in the web of Earth's magnetic field, many ...

A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by ...

A neutron detector could sniff out a secret space nuke. Research article: Danagoulian. 11:52 Research Highlights.

The U.S. Space Force has acquired one of its first publicly acknowledged offensive weapons, one that can blast adversary ...