[ESA] The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter its speed ...

The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space, prompting separate warnings from China and Russia. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told the Air and Space Cyber ...

“We are increasing readiness against existing threats,” Department of the Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Matt Rourke / POOL / AFP via Getty The U.S. has deployed defense weapons into Earth’s ...

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced the on-orbit space control weapons at a conference Monday, Sept. 14. The revelation is seen as a message of deterrence to adversaries like China and Russia.

WASHINGTON — The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said at the Air and Space Cyber Conference in Maryland on Monday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a classified X-37B military space plane on its eight mission called USSF-36 and ...

The U.S. has acknowledged for the first time having weapons in orbit. U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday that "on-orbit space control weapons" were capable of protecting U.S. forces from ...

It sounds like something ripped straight out of a science fiction war movie, but it is now a reality: the U.S. has, for the first time, confirmed it has deployed a space weapon in Earth’s orbit.

FILE - Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink speaks during the United States Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony at Falcon Stadium, Thursday, May 28, 2026, at the United States Air Force Academy in ...

A frank exchange of views has broken out concerning the future of low-Earth-orbit infrastructure. Phil McAlister, a retired senior NASA manager who was heavily involved in both the Commercial Crew and ...

The near-absence of gravity during space missions can temporarily alter astronauts’ bodies and brains. In one experiment, gene expression and chromosomal telomere length changed. Some scientists ...

Did you know that moving a clock one inch toward the ground would result in a slower tick compared to the same clock positioned higher up? Gravity doesn't just pull things; it also bends time.