Universe TodayAndy Tomaswick

Asteroid gold rush exposes legal void as mining raises space‑environment risks

Asteroid mining companies are moving from concept to reality, prompting new legal and environmental concerns. In Acta Astronautica, Anna Marie Brenna (University of Waikato) proposes a legal framework intended to reconcile commercial resource extraction with protections for the space environment and orbital sustainability.

2026-02-24T07:31:20.695897-08:00
SpaceNews.comSandra Erwin

At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy

By SpaceNews.com: At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon Bureaucracy as the enemy.

2026-02-24T05:34:14.035396-08:00
SpaceWatch Global

Plausible Deniability in Orbit: How Gaps in Space Law Enable Potential Weaponization

By SpaceWatch Global: In spring 2024, a lone Russian satellite drifting through an unexpected low Earth orbit (LEO) set off alarms from Washington to Brussels. Was it an innocuous on-orbit experiment or the first sign of an exo-atmospheric strike platform?.

2026-02-24T03:54:52.049482-08:00