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

No reliable way currently exists to detect and defuse a nuclear bomb in space. Danagoulian proposes a constellation of small ...

MIT has published a feasibility study proposing a satellite-based sensor system to detect nuclear weapons in orbiting ...

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

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

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

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

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

The Meadowlands system provides the U.S. military with a "robust toolkit for spectrum dominance," the Space Force said.