What's actually new about NASA's Artemis missions?

I’m always interested in how work on interstellar concepts gets funded. After all, although the Nancy Grace Roman telescope is now ready to fly, with a launch some time this fall, there was a real chance the project might get canceled along the way. Trying to predict what will happen to NASA’s budget is harder…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org A B-2 Spirit on June 27 used a ship-killing missile to strike a decommissioned amphibious transport vessel during a Pacific exercise, marking a significant expansion of…

The headwaters of the Fermi Paradox channel directly through Michael Hart and Frank Tipler, and it’s a testament to the power of their arguments that this remains true today. It was Hart who in “An Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth” (published in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1975)…

As July begins, three planets adorn the early evening sky. Look toward the northwest and you’ll see Venus. The planet shines brilliantly at magnitude –4.1 and shows up easily 30 minutes after sunset. It creeps slowly away from the Sun and into a darker sky as July progresses. Venus also becomes more attractive through a…

Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of June 28-July 4, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House is in session for part of the week. The Senate is in recess except for pro forma sessions. During the Week Saturday is July 4, America’s 250th birthday. Happy…

Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat, a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) developed for Australia, is flying alongside US manned aircraft during Exercise Valiant Shield 2026 in the Pacific, the US Air Force has confirmed, marking a notable test of a platform it has not committed to buying. The exercise, which is taking place this week, involves the…