Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of astronautics and space technologies. That visibility naturally invites a follow-on question: what comes next ...

The Third International Conference on Space Science and Technology (Chongqing Session) took place in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing last week, attracting more than 500 experts and ...

Space science is a broad field that includes disciplines like astrophysics, cosmology, planetary science, and the study of space weather and space environments. Space science uses observational tools ...

While major powers compete in militarised space races and state-led megaprojects, a group comprising a Russian astronaut trainer, Chinese science educators and Malaysian collaborators is laying the ...

We’ve now seen farther, deeper and more clearly into space than ever before. A stellar birthplace, a nebula surrounding a dying star, a group of closely interacting galaxies, the first spectrum of an ...

Space Science Week is a joint meeting of the space science discipline committees of the Space Studies Board, the Board on Physics and Astronomy, and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. For ...

Flying some 240 miles above Earth's surface at 17,500 miles an hour, the International Space Station (ISS) is a science laboratory dedicated to helping humans learn how to live in space. Crucially, ...