A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle carries the fifth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III space vehicle for the U.S. Space Force, 30 May 2025. (SpaceX) By Qurat-Ul-Ain Shabbir, Published by Space News, 22 April 2026 Space based nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) systems were developed as highly classified and sovereign
A solar storm - Jurik Peter/Shutterstock By Ryan French, Published by Space.com, 13 April 2026 Scientists outline how a once-in-a-century solar storm could disrupt the technology modern society depends on. For many of us, checking the weather is part of daily life. But, in an increasingly technology-dependent world, there is
By Ethan Siegal, Published by Big Think, 20 August 2025 NASA’s 1958 charter’s top priority was, “the expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space.” Is this how it ends? When NASA was founded back in 1958, its charter explicitly declared “that activities in space should be
Close-up of a solar eruptive prominence as seen in extreme UV light. Photograph: Stocktrek Images, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo By Meredith Garfalo, Published by Space.com, 7 March 2024 In 2021, a solar storm was recorded by multiple different spacecraft and the results tell quite the story. Space weather may seem like
By Universe Today and Carolyn Collins Petersen, Published by Inverse, 8 April 2023 The company allegedly ignored warnings of bad space weather brewing. On March 23, sky observers marveled at a gorgeous display of northern and southern lights. It was a reminder that when our Sun gets active, it can
