
A New Space Race: Who Owns the Cosmos?
A new era of commercial space exploration is forcing a global debate over who owns resources on the Moon and asteroids, testing the limits of decades-old treaties.
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A new era of commercial space exploration is forcing a global debate over who owns resources on the Moon and asteroids, testing the limits of decades-old treaties.

A top U.S. Air Force official warns that China's rapid progress in space and missile technology is driven by genuine innovation, not just by copying U.S. systems.

Jared Isaacman, President Trump's nominee to lead NASA, will warn lawmakers that the U.S. risks losing the space race to China, with consequences that could shift the global balance of power.

The European Space Agency has approved a historic €22 billion budget, allocating €1.35 billion to space defense for the first time in its 50-year history.

A new space race is heating up the Arctic, as global powers and private firms rush to build satellite ground stations in the strategic high north.

A stalled executive order on military readiness leaves the U.S. vulnerable to 'space stalkers'—hostile satellites capable of disabling American assets in orbit.

European officials are raising alarms over Russian and Chinese satellites aggressively stalking and jamming Western space assets, prompting a surge in defense spending.

EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius briefed the North Atlantic Council, reaffirming a commitment to deeper EU-NATO cooperation on European security.

Author Christian Davenport warns the new commercial space race lacks clear rules, creating tension between private ambitions and the public good.

Experts argue that comparing the current US-China lunar ambitions to the Cold War is a flawed analogy that ignores key legal and collaborative realities.

A new security deal allows Turkey to build a space base in Somalia, a move experts warn could enhance its ballistic missile range and alter regional power dynamics.

The European Space Agency has proposed a new integrated space program to enhance the continent's security, aiming for greater strategic autonomy in communications.