Carina Nebula — star formation region photographed by JWST

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opinionSeptember 29, 2025

The Militarization of Space: Space Forces, Spy Satellites, and the New High Ground

The Battlefield Above In military strategy, the concept of the "high ground" has been decisive since the first armies clashed in ancient valleys. Whoever holds the elevated position sees farther, stri…

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newsSeptember 23, 2025

Europe's Space Industrial Giants: Airbus, Thales Alenia, and the Satellite Makers

When people think about the global space industry, the conversation tends to gravitate toward American names -- SpaceX, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing. This is understandable given the shee…

AirbusDefenceAndSpaceThalesAleniaSpaceOHB

analysisSeptember 18, 2025

Odysseus: How Intuitive Machines Made History with the First US Moon Landing in 50 Years

Fifty Years of Silence, Broken by a Scrappy Texas Company On February 22, 2024, at 6:23 PM Eastern Time, a hexagonal lander named Odysseus touched down near the Malapert A crater in the Moon's south p…

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newsSeptember 17, 2025

The $630 Billion Space Economy: Where the Money Flows

There is a number that keeps showing up in boardrooms, investment decks, and policy briefings around the world: $630 billion. That is the estimated size of the global space economy in 2025, and if you…

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Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy-lift rocket on the launch pad

newsSeptember 12, 2025

Blue Origin's New Glenn: Jeff Bezos's Big Bet on Heavy Lift

For years, the knock on Blue Origin was simple: all talk, no orbital flight. While SpaceX was landing boosters on drone ships and ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station, Jeff Bezos's r…

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newsSeptember 8, 2025

Space Insurance: The Billion-Dollar Industry You've Never Heard Of

Disclaimer: This article is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice or a recommendation regarding any investment, insurance product, or security. Consu…

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analysisSeptember 5, 2025

The New Space Race: Companies Redefining Space Exploration in 2025

The commercial space industry in 2025 looks almost nothing like it did even five years ago. What was once a field dominated by legacy defense contractors and government agencies has exploded into a vi…

AstronomyCosmologyPlanetary Science

analysisSeptember 1, 2025

Mars Geography: Olympus Mons, Valles Marineris, and Other Wonders

Mars is often described as a cold, dead desert. And yes, the surface is barren, the atmosphere is vanishingly thin, and nothing has erupted or flowed there in what might be millions of years. But to c…

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guideSeptember 1, 2025

Space Law: The Hottest Emerging Legal Field You've Never Heard Of

Somewhere right now, a lawyer is drafting a contract for the sale of minerals extracted from an asteroid. Another is advising a startup on how to get an FAA license to launch a rocket from a platform…

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Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, aboard the Space Shuttle

analysisAugust 25, 2025

Women in Space: From Valentina Tereshkova to the Artemis Generation

On June 16, 1963, a 26-year-old textile factory worker from a small town in central Russia climbed into a Vostok capsule and launched into orbit. Valentina Tereshkova circled Earth 48 times over nearl…

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analysisAugust 22, 2025

The Boundless Benefits of Exploring Other Planets and Galaxies

Every time a spacecraft reaches another world, something remarkable happens. Data starts streaming back across millions of kilometers of void, and slowly, pixel by pixel, measurement by measurement, o…

AstronomyCosmologyFuture of Humanity

analysisAugust 13, 2025

Astrobiology in a New Era: The Accelerating Search for Extraterrestrial Life

I have been following astrobiology for over a decade, and I can say without hesitation that the period from 2023 to 2025 has been the most consequential stretch in the field's history. Not because we…

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