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“Bold and Creative Concepts” Wanted: If You Have a Cool Idea for a Space Base, You Could Win $20,000

Christopher Plain·December 31, 2025

The Aurelia Institute has launched the $20,000 Aurelia Prize in Design for Space Urbanism, seeking "bold and creative" space-based concepts.

DARPA Program Plans to Build Massive Structures in Orbit with Paradigm-Shifting Technology

Micah Hanks·February 11, 2025

DARPA is testing new in-space manufacturing techniques that could enable the construction of massive, mass-efficient structures in orbit.

New Concerns Over Threats from Space Revealed in Latest U.S. Classified Document Leak

Micah Hanks·April 27, 2023

This week's newsletter examines the latest concerns arising from U.S. top-secret document leaks, and what they convey about China and Russia’s space programs.

Can Humanity Build a Space Station on Ceres?

Jazz Shaw·January 22, 2021

Astrophysicist Pekka Janhunen has published a paper claiming that humans could be living on a space station orbiting Ceres.

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“Bold and Creative Concepts” Wanted: If You Have a Cool Idea for a Space Base, You Could Win $20,000

DARPA Program Plans to Build Massive Structures in Orbit with Paradigm-Shifting Technology

New Concerns Over Threats from Space Revealed in Latest U.S. Classified Document Leak

Can Humanity Build a Space Station on Ceres?

Welcome to the World’s Largest Controlled-Explosions Lab

Tiny Black Holes with Appetites Could Help Shed Light on Quantum-Gravitational Physics

“Twistronics” May Lead to a New Era in Quantum Communication and Night Vision

What Really Happened to Japan Airlines Flight 1628 in 1986?