I’ve spent much of my long life studying — and trying to understand — the history of the universe. Along the way, I have been constantly reminded that science is essentially international: Science ...

The Fairchild C-123 began as a 70,000-pound glider that couldn’t take off, until engineers added engines, jets, skis, and even floats. From Cold War experiment to cargo legend, this is where the chaos ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is entering trade negotiations with a grand strategy inspired by his understanding of what the ...

Israel-Iran tensions settle into Cold War-like standoff after U.S. airstrikes, with experts suggesting managed containment as the realistic path forward instead of reconciliation.

This series of articles examines why today’s nuclear landscape is more complicated and, in many ways, more precarious than ...

During the Cold War, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center boasted four armored personnel carriers, all M113s, and they represented one ...

China’s lunar ambitions have evolved from symbolic flag planting to a systematic push for permanent space infrastructure.

A bit farther north, The Museum of Flight in Seattle landed at No. 2 on the list. The museum has more than 175 air and spacecraft and bills itself as the world’s largest independent, nonprofit ...

Seventy years ago, on September 17, 1955, a modified Convair B-36 departed Carswell Air Force Base in Texas. Legendary U.S.

The 940-page “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” as it’s formally titled, has consumed Congress as its shared priority with the ...

To achieve its ambitious plans for missions to the moon and beyond, Russia needs other spacefaring nations as partners. But ...