October 2023
The multidisciplinary world of space habitation design
... research the governance needed in a developing space environment inhabited by humans, and the role private corporations play in establishing space colonies and their laws and rules. Similar to historic constructs of overseas colonisation such as the...
29 February 2016
Missing matter still lost, as Fast Radio Burst not quite what it seems say researchers
... Radio Bursts (FRBs) due to the lightening speed of the pulses or bursts, are dispersed according to a precise physical law and this dispersion is a key observable quantity which, in conjunction with a redshift measurement (a method used to tell the...
14 June 2021
G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of space
... relevant.” Simpson says that, in the absence of robust, internationally agreed and long-term sustainability laws and guidelines, it is doubtful that commercial space companies - and some state players - can be relied on to police themselves in the...
December 2014
A door closes
..., Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov shot back, in formal remarks and interviews, accusing the US and its western partners of running roughshod over international law and democratic principles in an effort to achieve global hegemony. Meanwhile, no end...
May 2025
Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier
... see celestial bodies as interconnected with life on Earth. She also reflects on the ironic relationship between space law and masculine power structures that have historically dictated lunar exploration, underscoring the increasing role of private...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
... connections from the sky or space - dubbed ‘sky-fi’ - bring with them both technical and political challenges, the latter including adapting laws and regulations among countries. Right now, very little regulation exists to govern this new...
