space force The Ukraine War is speeding up US Space Force plans to establish galactic armed conflict policies Thom Dunn

Space Space Force has an operational weapon, and there's no going back Thom Dunn

space exploration How a bizarre 1970s Arctic killing could help set a legal precedent for space murder Thom Dunn

History What is American Exceptionalism, anyway? Elías Villoro

astronomy An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe, from 1750 Thom Dunn

science fiction Here's your chance to buy the Kindle edition of Dan Simmon's essential science fiction novel Hyperion Mark Frauenfelder

rock'em sock'em robots The Themis Files: humanity races to kill itself before the aliens can Jason Weisberger

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

authors Fear and Soldering, an excerpt from Peter Bebergal's Strange Frequencies Gareth Branwyn

AI There's something eerie about bots that teach themselves to cheat Cory Doctorow

Games Kickstarting Flotsam, an RPG about "marginalized people in space" Cory Doctorow

politics 'Family detention' existed under Obama, too. But systematically separating kids is all new. Xeni Jardin

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politics Extensive list of space opera cliches Cory Doctorow

science fiction The Android's Prehistoric Menagerie A Merc Rustad

star wars Hang the Jedi Jay Allen

law Magna Carta of Space (1966), new laws for the final frontier David Pescovitz